diff --git a/flang/runtime/unit.cpp b/flang/runtime/unit.cpp
--- a/flang/runtime/unit.cpp
+++ b/flang/runtime/unit.cpp
@@ -527,6 +527,11 @@
       } else {
         // Unformatted stream: nothing to do
       }
+    } else if (handler.GetIoStat() != IostatOk &&
+        furthestPositionInRecord == 0) {
+      // Error in formatted variable length record, and no output yet; do
+      // nothing, like most other Fortran compilers do.
+      return true;
     } else {
       // Terminate formatted variable length record
       const char *lineEnding{"\n"};