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diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index 714e278e4..f31577633 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ start_bytes (const char *pretty_filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_bytes,
error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename));
return 1;
}
- read_pos += bytes_read;
+ *read_pos += bytes_read;
if (bytes_read <= n_bytes)
n_bytes -= bytes_read;
else