diff --git a/pkg/s3select/progress.go b/pkg/s3select/progress.go
index 00d9afd4a..df68163fd 100644
--- a/pkg/s3select/progress.go
+++ b/pkg/s3select/progress.go
@@ -100,12 +100,13 @@ func newProgressReader(rc io.ReadCloser, compType CompressionType) (*progressRea
 	case noneType:
 		r = scannedReader
 	case gzipType:
-		if r, err = gzip.NewReader(scannedReader); err != nil {
+		r, err = gzip.NewReader(scannedReader)
+		if err != nil {
 			if errors.Is(err, gzip.ErrHeader) || errors.Is(err, gzip.ErrChecksum) {
 				return nil, errInvalidGZIPCompressionFormat(err)
 			}
+			return nil, errTruncatedInput(err)
 		}
-		return nil, errTruncatedInput(err)
 	case bzip2Type:
 		r = bzip2.NewReader(scannedReader)
 	default: