diff --git a/src/httpd.c b/src/httpd.c
index cedce0a6..482288b8 100644
--- a/src/httpd.c
+++ b/src/httpd.c
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ httpd_stream_file(struct evhttp_request *req, int id)
   char buf[64];
   int64_t offset;
   int64_t end_offset;
+  off_t pos;
   int transcode;
   int ret;
 
@@ -447,8 +448,8 @@ httpd_stream_file(struct evhttp_request *req, int id)
 	}
       st->size = sb.st_size;
 
-      ret = lseek(st->fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
-      if (ret < 0)
+      pos = lseek(st->fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
+      if (pos == (off_t) -1)
 	{
 	  DPRINTF(E_LOG, L_HTTPD, "Could not seek into %s: %s\n", mfi->path, strerror(errno));
 
diff --git a/src/transcode.c b/src/transcode.c
index f43a65f5..d80236f7 100644
--- a/src/transcode.c
+++ b/src/transcode.c
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ struct transcode_ctx *
 transcode_setup(struct media_file_info *mfi, off_t *est_size)
 {
   struct transcode_ctx *ctx;
+  off_t pos;
   int hdr_len;
   int i;
   int ret;
@@ -428,8 +429,8 @@ transcode_setup(struct media_file_info *mfi, off_t *est_size)
       else
 	hdr_len = 0;
 
-      ret = lseek(ctx->fd, hdr_len, SEEK_SET);
-      if (ret < 0)
+      pos = lseek(ctx->fd, hdr_len, SEEK_SET);
+      if (pos == (off_t) -1)
 	{
 	  DPRINTF(E_WARN, L_XCODE, "Could not seek: %s\n", strerror(errno));