diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/chroot.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/chroot.py
index 7e3cbe3353..f7b2cb962c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/chroot.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/chroot.py
@@ -140,8 +140,10 @@ class Connection(object):
 
         with open(out_path, 'wb+') as out_file:
             try:
-                for chunk in p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE):
+                chunk = p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE)
+                while chunk:
                     out_file.write(chunk)
+                    chunk = p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE)
             except:
                 traceback.print_exc()
                 raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file %s to %s" % (in_path, out_path))
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/jail.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/jail.py
index 0c8c9def27..480a844151 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/jail.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/jail.py
@@ -162,8 +162,10 @@ class Connection(object):
 
         with open(out_path, 'wb+') as out_file:
             try:
-                for chunk in p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE):
+                chunk = p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE)
+                while chunk:
                     out_file.write(chunk)
+                    chunk = p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE)
             except:
                 traceback.print_exc()
                 raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file %s to %s" % (in_path, out_path))
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/zone.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/zone.py
index 7e6fa5fe60..e4dfedc9e4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/zone.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/zone.py
@@ -177,8 +177,10 @@ class Connection(object):
 
         with open(out_path, 'wb+') as out_file:
             try:
-                for chunk in p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE):
+                chunk = p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE)
+                while chunk:
                     out_file.write(chunk)
+                    chunk = p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE)
             except:
                 traceback.print_exc()
                 raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file %s to %s" % (in_path, out_path))