diff --git a/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c b/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c
index 6962557046..6d6f41b20c 100644
--- a/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c
+++ b/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c
@@ -468,7 +468,10 @@ error:
 int filestream_eof(RFILE *stream)
 {
    size_t current_position = filestream_tell(stream);
-   size_t end_position     = filestream_seek(stream, 0, SEEK_END);
+   size_t end_position;
+
+   filestream_seek(stream, 0, SEEK_END);
+   end_position = filestream_tell(stream);
 
    filestream_seek(stream, current_position, SEEK_SET);