diff --git a/Lib/compression/zstd/_zstdfile.py b/Lib/compression/zstd/_zstdfile.py
index fbc9e02a733626..c88ba150d9ce26 100644
--- a/Lib/compression/zstd/_zstdfile.py
+++ b/Lib/compression/zstd/_zstdfile.py
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ def __init__(self, file, /, mode="r", *,
             raw = _streams.DecompressReader(
                 self._fp,
                 ZstdDecompressor,
-                trailing_error=ZstdError,
                 zstd_dict=zstd_dict,
                 options=options,
             )
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zstd.py b/Lib/test/test_zstd.py
index f4a25376e5234a..27e31e846346f9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zstd.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zstd.py
@@ -1682,10 +1682,10 @@ def test_read_incomplete(self):
 
         # Trailing data isn't a valid compressed stream
         with ZstdFile(io.BytesIO(self.FRAME_42 + b'12345')) as f:
-            self.assertEqual(f.read(), self.DECOMPRESSED_42)
+            self.assertRaises(ZstdError, f.read)
 
         with ZstdFile(io.BytesIO(SKIPPABLE_FRAME + b'12345')) as f:
-            self.assertEqual(f.read(), b'')
+            self.assertRaises(ZstdError, f.read)
 
     def test_read_truncated(self):
         # Drop stream epilogue: 4 bytes checksum