diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/GrpcCacheClient.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/GrpcCacheClient.java
index 29ee7acf7d9d27..9a2e2916db29fd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/GrpcCacheClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/GrpcCacheClient.java
@@ -366,6 +366,12 @@ public void onNext(ReadResponse readResponse) {
 
               @Override
               public void onError(Throwable t) {
+                if (offset.get() == digest.getSizeBytes()) {
+                  // If the file was fully downloaded, it doesn't matter if there was an error at
+                  // the end of the stream.
+                  onCompleted();
+                  return;
+                }
                 Status status = Status.fromThrowable(t);
                 if (status.getCode() == Status.Code.NOT_FOUND) {
                   future.setException(new CacheNotFoundException(digest));
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/GrpcCacheClientTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/GrpcCacheClientTest.java
index 4999dc73105a32..8509d4ad838d68 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/GrpcCacheClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/GrpcCacheClientTest.java
@@ -962,6 +962,28 @@ public void read(ReadRequest request, StreamObserver<ReadResponse> responseObser
     Mockito.verify(mockBackoff, Mockito.never()).nextDelayMillis(any(Exception.class));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void downloadBlobDoesNotRetryZeroLengthRequests()
+      throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    Backoff mockBackoff = Mockito.mock(Backoff.class);
+    final GrpcCacheClient client =
+        newClient(Options.getDefaults(RemoteOptions.class), () -> mockBackoff);
+    final Digest digest = DIGEST_UTIL.computeAsUtf8("abcdefg");
+    serviceRegistry.addService(
+        new ByteStreamImplBase() {
+          @Override
+          public void read(ReadRequest request, StreamObserver<ReadResponse> responseObserver) {
+            assertThat(request.getResourceName().contains(digest.getHash())).isTrue();
+            assertThat(request.getReadOffset()).isEqualTo(0);
+            ByteString data = ByteString.copyFromUtf8("abcdefg");
+            responseObserver.onNext(ReadResponse.newBuilder().setData(data).build());
+            responseObserver.onError(Status.INTERNAL.asException());
+          }
+        });
+    assertThat(new String(downloadBlob(context, client, digest), UTF_8)).isEqualTo("abcdefg");
+    Mockito.verify(mockBackoff, Mockito.never()).nextDelayMillis(any(Exception.class));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void downloadBlobPassesThroughDeadlineExceededWithoutProgress() throws IOException {
     Backoff mockBackoff = Mockito.mock(Backoff.class);