1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/busybox/coreutils/tail.c b/busybox/coreutils/tail.c
index e3f89d2ee..1db1e2b0f 100644
--- a/busybox/coreutils/tail.c
+++ b/busybox/coreutils/tail.c
@@ -79,7 +79,13 @@ static void tail_xbb_full_write(const char *buf, size_t len)
 static ssize_t tail_read(int fd, char *buf, size_t count)
 {
         ssize_t r;
+        off_t current,end;
+        struct stat sbuf;
 
+        end = current = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+        if (!fstat(fd, &sbuf))
+                end = sbuf.st_size;
+        lseek(fd, end < current ? 0 : current, SEEK_SET);
         if ((r = safe_read(fd, buf, count)) < 0) {
                 bb_perror_msg("read");
                 status = EXIT_FAILURE;