diff --git a/adb/client/adb_install.cpp b/adb/client/adb_install.cpp
index 73dcde1fe..2bcd0a682 100644
--- a/adb/client/adb_install.cpp
+++ b/adb/client/adb_install.cpp
@@ -227,16 +227,20 @@ static int install_app_streamed(int argc, const char** argv, bool use_fastdeploy
         return 1;
     }
 
-    copy_to_file(local_fd.get(), remote_fd.get());
+    if (!copy_to_file(local_fd.get(), remote_fd.get())) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "adb: failed to install: copy_to_file: %s: %s", file, strerror(errno));
+        return 1;
+    }
 
     char buf[BUFSIZ];
     read_status_line(remote_fd.get(), buf, sizeof(buf));
-    if (!strncmp("Success", buf, 7)) {
-        fputs(buf, stdout);
-        return 0;
+    if (strncmp("Success", buf, 7) != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "adb: failed to install %s: %s", file, buf);
+        return 1;
     }
-    fprintf(stderr, "adb: failed to install %s: %s", file, buf);
-    return 1;
+
+    fputs(buf, stdout);
+    return 0;
 }
 
 static int install_app_legacy(int argc, const char** argv, bool use_fastdeploy) {
@@ -455,7 +459,12 @@ int install_multiple_app(int argc, const char** argv) {
             goto finalize_session;
         }
 
-        copy_to_file(local_fd.get(), remote_fd.get());
+        if (!copy_to_file(local_fd.get(), remote_fd.get())) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "adb: failed to write \"%s\": %s\n", file, strerror(errno));
+            success = false;
+            goto finalize_session;
+        }
+
         read_status_line(remote_fd.get(), buf, sizeof(buf));
 
         if (strncmp("Success", buf, 7)) {
@@ -634,7 +643,11 @@ int install_multi_package(int argc, const char** argv) {
                 goto finalize_multi_package_session;
             }
 
-            copy_to_file(local_fd.get(), remote_fd.get());
+            if (!copy_to_file(local_fd.get(), remote_fd.get())) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "adb: failed to write %s: %s\n", split.c_str(), strerror(errno));
+                goto finalize_multi_package_session;
+            }
+
             read_status_line(remote_fd.get(), buf, sizeof(buf));
 
             if (strncmp("Success", buf, 7)) {
diff --git a/adb/client/commandline.cpp b/adb/client/commandline.cpp
index a6d7e3193..c3029652c 100644
--- a/adb/client/commandline.cpp
+++ b/adb/client/commandline.cpp
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ static void stdinout_raw_epilogue(int inFd, int outFd, int old_stdin_mode, int o
 #endif
 }
 
-void copy_to_file(int inFd, int outFd) {
+bool copy_to_file(int inFd, int outFd) {
+    bool result = true;
     std::vector<char> buf(64 * 1024);
     int len;
     long total = 0;
@@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ void copy_to_file(int inFd, int outFd) {
         }
         if (len < 0) {
             D("copy_to_file(): read failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+            result = false;
             break;
         }
         if (outFd == STDOUT_FILENO) {
@@ -388,7 +390,8 @@ void copy_to_file(int inFd, int outFd) {
 
     stdinout_raw_epilogue(inFd, outFd, old_stdin_mode, old_stdout_mode);
 
-    D("copy_to_file() finished after %lu bytes", total);
+    D("copy_to_file() finished with %s after %lu bytes", result ? "success" : "failure", total);
+    return result;
 }
 
 static void send_window_size_change(int fd, std::unique_ptr<ShellProtocol>& shell) {
diff --git a/adb/client/commandline.h b/adb/client/commandline.h
index ab77b29b3..b9dee5625 100644
--- a/adb/client/commandline.h
+++ b/adb/client/commandline.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ extern DefaultStandardStreamsCallback DEFAULT_STANDARD_STREAMS_CALLBACK;
 
 int adb_commandline(int argc, const char** argv);
 
-void copy_to_file(int inFd, int outFd);
+bool copy_to_file(int inFd, int outFd);
 
 // Connects to the device "shell" service with |command| and prints the
 // resulting output.