diff --git a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcReader.hh b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcReader.hh
index 335068ca66b..091112f186a 100644
--- a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcReader.hh
+++ b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcReader.hh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #define SRC_XRDEC_XRDECREADER_HH_
 
 #include "XrdEc/XrdEcObjCfg.hh"
+#include "XrdEc/XrdEcScheduleHandler.hh"
 
 #include "XrdCl/XrdClFileOperations.hh"
 
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ namespace XrdEc
               case Valid:      ++validcnt;      break;
               case Loading:    ++loadingcnt;    break;
               case Recovering: ++recoveringcnt; break;
+              default: ;
             }
           } );
         //---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -238,9 +240,14 @@ namespace XrdEc
           }
           //-------------------------------------------------------------------
           // Now when we recovered the data we need to mark every stripe as
-          // valid.
+          // valid and execute the pending reads
           //-------------------------------------------------------------------
-          std::for_each( state.begin(), state.end(), []( state_t &s ){ s = Valid; } );
+          for( size_t strpid = 0; strpid < objcfg.nbchunks; ++strpid )
+          {
+            if( state[strpid] != Recovering ) continue;
+            state[strpid] = Valid;
+            carryout( pending[strpid], stripes[strpid] );
+          }
           return true;
         }
         //---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -317,18 +324,18 @@ namespace XrdEc
                      const buffer_t            &stripe,
                      const XrdCl::XRootDStatus &st = XrdCl::XRootDStatus() )
       {
-        auto itr = pending.begin();
-        //---------------------------------------------------------------
+        //---------------------------------------------------------------------
         // Iterate over all pending read operations for given stripe
-        //---------------------------------------------------------------
+        //---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        auto itr = pending.begin();
         for( ; itr != pending.end() ; ++itr )
         {
           auto       &args     = *itr;
           callback_t &callback = std::get<3>( args );
           uint32_t    nbrd  = 0; // number of bytes read
-          //-------------------------------------------------------------
+          //-------------------------------------------------------------------
           // If the read was successful, copy the data to user buffer
-          //-------------------------------------------------------------
+          //-------------------------------------------------------------------
           if( st.IsOK() )
           {
             uint64_t  offset  = std::get<0>( args );
@@ -339,11 +346,15 @@ namespace XrdEc
             memcpy( usrbuff, stripe.data() + offset, size );
             nbrd = size;
           }
-          //-------------------------------------------------------------
+          //-------------------------------------------------------------------
           // Call the user callback
-          //-------------------------------------------------------------
+          //-------------------------------------------------------------------
           callback( st, nbrd );
         }
+        //---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Now we can clear the pending reads
+        //---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        pending.clear();
       }
 
       Reader                 &reader;
@@ -432,9 +443,7 @@ namespace XrdEc
             //-----------------------------------------------------------------
             if( !st.IsOK() )
             {
-              // TODO first check if we can recover using EC
-              XrdCl::ResponseHandler *h = std::get<4>( *rdctx );
-              if( h ) h->HandleResponse( new XrdCl::XRootDStatus( st ), nullptr );
+              ScheduleHandler( std::get<4>( *rdctx ), XrdCl::XRootDStatus( st ) );
               return;
             }
             //-----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -443,18 +452,8 @@ namespace XrdEc
             std::get<1>( *rdctx ) += nbrd;   // number of bytes read
             std::get<3>( *rdctx ) -= rdsize; // number of bytes requested
             if( std::get<3>( *rdctx ) == 0 )
-            {
-              XrdCl::ResponseHandler *handler = std::get<4>( *rdctx );
-              if( handler )
-              {
-                XrdCl::ChunkInfo *ch = new XrdCl::ChunkInfo( std::get<0>( *rdctx ),
-                                                             std::get<1>( *rdctx ),
-                                                             std::get<2>( *rdctx ) );
-                XrdCl::AnyObject *rsp = new XrdCl::AnyObject();
-                rsp->Set( ch );
-                handler->HandleResponse( new XrdCl::XRootDStatus(), rsp );
-              }
-            }
+              ScheduleHandler( std::get<0>( *rdctx ), std::get<1>( *rdctx ),
+                               std::get<2>( *rdctx ), std::get<4>( *rdctx ) );
           };
           //-------------------------------------------------------------------
           // Read data from a stripe
diff --git a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcScheduleHandler.cc b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcScheduleHandler.cc
index 9b53a3d118f..42e605b9bc4 100644
--- a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcScheduleHandler.cc
+++ b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcScheduleHandler.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace XrdEc
       XrdCl::AnyObject       *pResponse;
   };
 
-  void ScheduleHandler( uint64_t offset, uint32_t size, char *buffer, XrdCl::ResponseHandler *handler )
+  void ScheduleHandler( uint64_t offset, uint32_t size, void *buffer, XrdCl::ResponseHandler *handler )
   {
     if( !handler ) return;
 
diff --git a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcScheduleHandler.hh b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcScheduleHandler.hh
index da903f72e04..24eeaadeec6 100644
--- a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcScheduleHandler.hh
+++ b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcScheduleHandler.hh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 namespace XrdEc
 {
-  void ScheduleHandler( uint64_t offset, uint32_t size, char *buffer, XrdCl::ResponseHandler *handler );
+  void ScheduleHandler( uint64_t offset, uint32_t size, void *buffer, XrdCl::ResponseHandler *handler );
 
   void ScheduleHandler( XrdCl::ResponseHandler *handler, const XrdCl::XRootDStatus &st = XrdCl::XRootDStatus() );
 }