diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py b/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
index 7467f983e8..d073fea812 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         # Keep a count of the installed objects and fixtures
         fixture_count = 0
         object_count = 0
-        objects_per_fixture = []
         models = set()
 
         humanize = lambda dirname: dirname and "'%s'" % dirname or 'absolute path'
@@ -103,17 +102,17 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                             return
                         else:
                             fixture_count += 1
-                            objects_per_fixture.append(0)
+                            objects_in_fixture = 0
                             if verbosity > 0:
                                 print "Installing %s fixture '%s' from %s." % \
                                     (format, fixture_name, humanize(fixture_dir))
                             try:
                                 objects = serializers.deserialize(format, fixture)
                                 for obj in objects:
-                                    object_count += 1
-                                    objects_per_fixture[-1] += 1
+                                    objects_in_fixture += 1
                                     models.add(obj.object.__class__)
                                     obj.save()
+                                object_count += objects_in_fixture
                                 label_found = True
                             except (SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt):
                                 raise
@@ -131,22 +130,21 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                                              (full_path, traceback.format_exc())))
                                 return
                             fixture.close()
+
+                            # If the fixture we loaded contains 0 objects, assume that an
+                            # error was encountered during fixture loading.
+                            if objects_in_fixture == 0:
+                                sys.stderr.write(
+                                    self.style.ERROR("No fixture data found for '%s'. (File format may be invalid.)" %
+                                        (fixture_name)))
+                                transaction.rollback()
+                                transaction.leave_transaction_management()
+                                return
                     except:
                         if verbosity > 1:
                             print "No %s fixture '%s' in %s." % \
                                 (format, fixture_name, humanize(fixture_dir))
 
-
-        # If any of the fixtures we loaded contain 0 objects, assume that an
-        # error was encountered during fixture loading.
-        if 0 in objects_per_fixture:
-            sys.stderr.write(
-                self.style.ERROR("No fixture data found for '%s'. (File format may be invalid.)" %
-                    (fixture_name)))
-            transaction.rollback()
-            transaction.leave_transaction_management()
-            return
-
         # If we found even one object in a fixture, we need to reset the
         # database sequences.
         if object_count > 0:
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress/models.py
index 9bca78bc59..373980bb66 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress/models.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class Animal(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=150)
     latin_name = models.CharField(max_length=150)
     count = models.IntegerField()
-    
+
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self.common_name
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Channel(models.Model):
 class Article(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
     channels = models.ManyToManyField(Channel)
-    
+
     class Meta:
         ordering = ('id',)
 
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ No fixture data found for 'bad_fixture2'. (File format may be invalid.)
 >>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'bad_fixture2', verbosity=0)
 No fixture data found for 'bad_fixture2'. (File format may be invalid.)
 
+# Loading a fixture file with no data returns an error
+>>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'empty', verbosity=0)
+No fixture data found for 'empty'. (File format may be invalid.)
+
+# If any of the fixtures contain an error, loading is aborted
+# (Regression for #9011 - error message is correct)
+>>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'bad_fixture2', 'animal', verbosity=0)
+No fixture data found for 'bad_fixture2'. (File format may be invalid.)
+
 >>> sys.stderr = savestderr
 
 ###############################################
@@ -123,7 +132,7 @@ No fixture data found for 'bad_fixture2'. (File format may be invalid.)
 >>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'model-inheritance.json', verbosity=0)
 
 ###############################################
-# Test for ticket #7572 -- MySQL has a problem if the same connection is 
+# Test for ticket #7572 -- MySQL has a problem if the same connection is
 # used to create tables, load data, and then query over that data.
 # To compensate, we close the connection after running loaddata.
 # This ensures that a new connection is opened when test queries are issued.