diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/SplFileInfo.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/SplFileInfo.php
index e9d4f7b72f..cd423dc32f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/SplFileInfo.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/SplFileInfo.php
@@ -62,14 +62,9 @@ class SplFileInfo extends \SplFileInfo
      */
     public function getContents()
     {
-        $level = error_reporting(0);
-        $content = file_get_contents($this->getRealpath());
-        error_reporting($level);
-        if (false === $content) {
-            $error = error_get_last();
-            throw new \RuntimeException($error['message']);
-        }
-
-        return $content;
+        $file = new \SplFileObject($this->getRealpath(), "rb");
+        ob_start();
+        $file->fpassthru();
+        return ob_get_clean();
     }
 }