1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/xfuncs.c b/libbb/xfuncs.c
index ade639516..313e32814 100644
--- a/libbb/xfuncs.c
+++ b/libbb/xfuncs.c
@@ -147,8 +147,11 @@ void xwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
 off_t xlseek(int fd, off_t offset, int whence)
 {
         off_t off = lseek(fd, offset, whence);
-        if (off == (off_t)-1)
+        if (off == (off_t)-1) {
+                if (whence == SEEK_SET)
+                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("lseek(%"OFF_FMT"u)", offset);
                 bb_perror_msg_and_die("lseek");
+        }
         return off;
 }