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diff --git a/busybox/coreutils/tail.c b/busybox/coreutils/tail.c
index e3f89d2..1db1e2b 100644
--- a/busybox/coreutils/tail.c
+++ b/busybox/coreutils/tail.c
@@ -79,7 +79,13 @@ static void tail_xbb_full_write(const char *buf, size_t len)
static ssize_t tail_read(int fd, char *buf, size_t count)
{
ssize_t r;
+ off_t current,end;
+ struct stat sbuf;
+ end = current = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+ if (!fstat(fd, &sbuf))
+ end = sbuf.st_size;
+ lseek(fd, end < current ? 0 : current, SEEK_SET);
if ((r = safe_read(fd, buf, count)) < 0) {
bb_perror_msg("read");
status = EXIT_FAILURE;