diff --git a/src/linux/mntent.c b/src/linux/mntent.c
index f151625285c36e6e92dcd2667c18beb3430a6478..3eafba5e0b387ce98e0aefde2bbdaf8288757af9 100644
--- a/src/linux/mntent.c
+++ b/src/linux/mntent.c
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ struct mntent *getmntent_r(FILE *f, struct mntent *mnt, char *linebuf, int bufle
 		fgets(linebuf, buflen, f);
 		if (feof(f) || ferror(f)) return 0;
 		if (!strchr(linebuf, '\n')) {
-			if (fseeko(f, -(off_t)strlen(linebuf), SEEK_CUR))
-				fscanf(f, "%*[^\n]%*[\n]");
+			fscanf(f, "%*[^\n]%*[\n]");
 			errno = ERANGE;
 			return 0;
 		}