diff --git a/usermin/export_mod.cgi b/usermin/export_mod.cgi
index 076ee7f98..b6c74e89c 100755
--- a/usermin/export_mod.cgi
+++ b/usermin/export_mod.cgi
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ if ($in{'to'} == 0) {
 	# Output the file
 	print "Content-type: application/octet-stream\n\n";
 	open(TEMP, $temp);
-	while(<TEMP>) {
-		print $_;
-		}
+        my $buf;         
+        while(read(TEMP, $buf, 32768)) {
+                print $buf;
+                }
 	close(TEMP);
 	unlink($temp);
 	}
diff --git a/webmin/export_mod.cgi b/webmin/export_mod.cgi
index 063702865..3e75e5bb2 100755
--- a/webmin/export_mod.cgi
+++ b/webmin/export_mod.cgi
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ if ($in{'to'} == 0) {
 	# Output the file
 	print "Content-type: application/x-gzip\n\n";
 	open(TEMP, $temp);
-	while(<TEMP>) {
-		print $_;
+	my $buf;
+	while(read(TEMP, $buf, 32768)) {
+		print $buf;
 		}
 	close(TEMP);
 	unlink($temp);