diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/JobLogger.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/JobLogger.cs
index 5cd6fd27a6..46593fb2fc 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/JobLogger.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/JobLogger.cs
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             {
                 using (var reader = new StreamReader(source))
                 {
-                    // If ffmpeg process is closed, the state is disposed, so don't write to target in that case
-                    while (!reader.EndOfStream && target.CanWrite)
+                    while (!reader.EndOfStream)
                     {
                         var line = await reader.ReadLineAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
@@ -33,6 +32,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
                         var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Environment.NewLine + line);
 
+                        // If ffmpeg process is closed, the state is disposed, so don't write to target in that case
+                        if (!target.CanWrite)
+                        {
+                            break;
+                        }
+
                         await target.WriteAsync(bytes, 0, bytes.Length).ConfigureAwait(false);
                         await target.FlushAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }