diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index 8a3c53eb8cb..f1f562fae4e 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -699,11 +699,11 @@ class P4Sync(Command):
 
                 assert end >= 0
             else:
-                end = len(specs)
-
+                end = len(data)
 
             info['data'] = data[start:end]
             idx = end
+        assert idx == len(data)
 
     def commit(self, details, files, branch, branchPrefixes, parent = ""):
         epoch = details["time"]