diff --git a/diskdump.c b/diskdump.c
index 1d6f7a5..850b174 100644
--- a/diskdump.c
+++ b/diskdump.c
@@ -999,6 +999,17 @@ cache_page(physaddr_t paddr)
 	if (FLAT_FORMAT()) {
 		if (!read_flattened_format(dd->dfd, pd.offset, dd->compressed_page, pd.size))
 			return READ_ERROR;
+	} else if (is_incomplete_dump() && (0 == pd.offset)) {
+		/*
+		 *  if --zero_excluded is specified and incomplete flag is set in dump file,
+		 *  zero will be used to fill the lost part.
+		 */
+		if (!(*diskdump_flags & ZERO_EXCLUDED))
+			return READ_ERROR;
+		error(WARNING, "%s: data may be lost\n"
+			"                      pfn:%lld\n\n"
+			,pc->dumpfile,pfn);
+		memset(dd->compressed_page, 0, dd->block_size);
 	} else {
 		if (lseek(dd->dfd, pd.offset, SEEK_SET) == failed)
 			return SEEK_ERROR;
diff --git a/netdump.c b/netdump.c
index abc85e0..c8f057e 100644
--- a/netdump.c
+++ b/netdump.c
@@ -608,7 +608,21 @@ read_netdump(int fd, void *bufptr, int cnt, ulong addr, physaddr_t paddr)
 				    "offset: %llx\n", (ulonglong)offset);
 			return SEEK_ERROR;
 		}
-		if (read(nd->ndfd, bufptr, cnt) != cnt) {
+		/*
+ 		 *  if --zero_excluded is specified and incomplete flag is set in ELF file,
+		 *  zero will be used to fill the lost part.
+		 */ 
+		ssize_t read_ret = read(nd->ndfd, bufptr, cnt);
+		if (read_ret != cnt) {
+			if (is_incomplete_dump() && (read_ret >= 0 &&
+					*diskdump_flags & ZERO_EXCLUDED)) {
+				error(WARNING, "%s: data may be lost\n"
+					"                   offset:%llx\n\n",
+					pc->dumpfile, offset);
+				bufptr += read_ret;
+				bzero(bufptr, cnt - read_ret);
+				return cnt;
+			}
 			if (CRASHDEBUG(8))
 				fprintf(fp, "read_netdump: READ_ERROR: "
 				    "offset: %llx\n", (ulonglong)offset);