diff --git a/src/dump.c b/src/dump.c
index aa91458..5693c10 100644
--- a/src/dump.c
+++ b/src/dump.c
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ void dump_init(void)
       /* count existing records */
       while (read_write(daemon->dumpfd, (void *)&pcap_header, sizeof(pcap_header), RW_READ))
 	{
-	  lseek(daemon->dumpfd, pcap_header.incl_len, SEEK_CUR);
+	  if (lseek(daemon->dumpfd, pcap_header.incl_len, SEEK_CUR) == (off_t)-1)
+	    break;
 	  packet_count++;
 	}
     }