diff --git a/zzip/file.c b/zzip/file.c
index ae88d03..a38199d 100644
--- a/zzip/file.c
+++ b/zzip/file.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,6 @@ zzip_seek(ZZIP_FILE* fp, zzip_off_t offset, int whence)
     }
 
     if (fp->method == 0) { /* unstore, just lseek relatively */
-        ofs = fp->io->fd.tells(dir->fd);
         ofs = fp->io->fd.seeks(dir->fd, read_size, SEEK_CUR);
         if (ofs > 0) { /* readjust from beginning of file */
             ofs -= fp->dataoffset;