diff --git a/src/uu/split/src/split.rs b/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
index 7762789ac..a61c0e812 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
+++ b/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ fn split_into_n_chunks_by_line_round_robin<R>(
     settings: &Settings,
     reader: &mut R,
     num_chunks: u64,
-) -> UResult<()>
+) -> std::io::Result<()>
 where
     R: BufRead,
 {
@@ -1586,7 +1586,8 @@ where
         settings.suffix_length,
         settings.suffix_type,
         settings.suffix_start,
-    )?;
+    )
+    .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, format!("{e}")))?;
 
     // Create one writer for each chunk. This will create each
     // of the underlying files (if not in `--filter` mode).
@@ -1594,7 +1595,7 @@ where
     for _ in 0..num_chunks {
         let filename = filename_iterator
             .next()
-            .ok_or_else(|| USimpleError::new(1, "output file suffixes exhausted"))?;
+            .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "output file suffixes exhausted"))?;
         let writer = settings.instantiate_current_writer(filename.as_str())?;
         writers.push(writer);
     }
@@ -1686,7 +1687,13 @@ fn split(settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
             kth_chunk_by_line(settings, &mut reader, chunk_number, num_chunks)
         }
         Strategy::Number(NumberType::RoundRobin(num_chunks)) => {
-            split_into_n_chunks_by_line_round_robin(settings, &mut reader, num_chunks)
+            match split_into_n_chunks_by_line_round_robin(settings, &mut reader, num_chunks) {
+                Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+                Err(e) => match e.kind() {
+                    ErrorKind::BrokenPipe => Ok(()),
+                    _ => Err(USimpleError::new(1, format!("{e}"))),
+                },
+            }
         }
         Strategy::Number(NumberType::KthRoundRobin(chunk_number, num_chunks)) => {
             // The chunk number is given as a 1-indexed number, but it
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_split.rs b/tests/by-util/test_split.rs
index 5eba5071f..7c6d271e6 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_split.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_split.rs
@@ -327,6 +327,17 @@ fn test_filter_command_fails() {
         .fails();
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn test_filter_broken_pipe() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let name = "filter-big-input";
+
+    RandomFile::new(&at, name).add_lines(1024 * 10);
+    ucmd.args(&["--filter=head -c1 > /dev/null", "-n", "r/1", name])
+        .succeeds();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_split_lines_number() {
     // Test if stdout/stderr for '--lines' option is correct