diff --git a/src/ftglue.c b/src/ftglue.c
index 31214b3e13f835b3f95742986ddfe70b0f88957e..6444e67d7ad70c4e8ceb5c864f8bdccbb729f258 100644
--- a/src/ftglue.c
+++ b/src/ftglue.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ _hb_ftglue_face_goto_table( FT_Face    face,
       if ( tag == the_tag )
       {
         LOG(( "TrueType table (start: %ld) (size: %ld)\n", start, size ));
-        error = _hb_ftglue_stream_seek( stream, offset+start );
+        error = _hb_ftglue_stream_seek( stream, start );
         goto FoundIt;
       }
     }