diff --git a/swh/loader/package/loader.py b/swh/loader/package/loader.py
--- a/swh/loader/package/loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/package/loader.py
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
             try:
                 uncompressed_path = self.uncompress(dl_artifacts, dest=tmpdir)
                 logger.debug('uncompressed_path: %s', uncompressed_path)
-            except ValueError:
+            except (ValueError, EOFError):
                 logger.exception('Fail to uncompress %s',
                                  p_info['url'])
                 return (None, False)