diff --git a/kernel/dosfns.c b/kernel/dosfns.c
index 50c2ead..4fe8964 100644
--- a/kernel/dosfns.c
+++ b/kernel/dosfns.c
@@ -296,13 +296,7 @@ long DosRWSft(int sft_idx, size_t n, void FAR * bp, int mode)
       return rc;
   }
   /* /// End of additions for SHARE - Ron Cemer */
-  {
-    long XferCount = rwblock(sft_idx, bp, n, mode);
-    if (XferCount < 0)
-      return XferCount;
-    s->sft_posit += XferCount;
-    return XferCount;
-  }
+  return rwblock(sft_idx, bp, n, mode);
 }
 
 COUNT SftSeek(int sft_idx, LONG new_pos, unsigned mode)
diff --git a/kernel/fatfs.c b/kernel/fatfs.c
index e8fe010..c5afbc9 100644
--- a/kernel/fatfs.c
+++ b/kernel/fatfs.c
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ STATIC void fnode_to_sft(f_node_ptr fnp)
   sftp->sft_diridx = fnp->f_diridx;
   sftp->sft_dirsector = fnp->f_dirsector;
   sftp->sft_dcb = fnp->f_dpb;
-  /* Do not update sftp->sft_posit (fnp->f_offset): dosfns.c takes care of it */
+  sftp->sft_posit = fnp->f_offset;
   sftp->sft_cuclust = fnp->f_cluster;
   sftp->sft_relclust = (UWORD)fnp->f_cluster_offset;
 #ifdef WITHFAT32