1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/tail.c b/coreutils/tail.c
index f330ab1a1..1db1e2b0f 100644
--- a/coreutils/tail.c
+++ b/coreutils/tail.c
@@ -85,10 +85,7 @@ static ssize_t tail_read(int fd, char *buf, size_t count)
         end = current = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
         if (!fstat(fd, &sbuf))
                 end = sbuf.st_size;
-        if (end < current)
-                lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
-        else
-                lseek(fd, current, SEEK_SET);
+        lseek(fd, end < current ? 0 : current, SEEK_SET);
         if ((r = safe_read(fd, buf, count)) < 0) {
                 bb_perror_msg("read");
                 status = EXIT_FAILURE;