diff --git a/server-src/amrestore.pl b/server-src/amrestore.pl

index dfe521a..d3284ed 100755

--- a/server-src/amrestore.pl

+++ b/server-src/amrestore.pl

@@ -372,13 +372,14 @@ sub main {

 	my ($err) = @_;

 	return failure($err, $finished_cb) if $err;

-	$steps->{'next_file'}->();

+	$steps->{'next_file'}->('extracted');

     };

     step next_file => sub {

-	# amrestore does not loop over multiple files when reading from

-	# holding or when outputting to a pipe

-	if ($opt_holding or $opt_pipe) {

+	my ($extracted) = @_;

+	# amrestore does not loop over multiple files when reading from holding

+	# when outputting to a pipe amrestore extracts only the first file

+	if ($opt_holding or ($opt_pipe and $extracted)) {

 	    return $steps->{'finished'}->();

 	}