diff --git a/src/fdstream.c b/src/fdstream.c
index 5d80fc23fcdb520fa733e7d7b9cb635549e23e0b..b8ea86e435816d10f825501cf08f468f7029f628 100644
--- a/src/fdstream.c
+++ b/src/fdstream.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ virFDStreamOpenFileInternal(virStreamPtr st,
     }
 
     if (offset &&
-        lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET) != offset) {
+        lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
         virReportSystemError(errno,
                              _("Unable to seek %s to %llu"),
                              path, offset);