diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c
index c9bd018e53de..e2b19c3eaa87 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-fileops.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static ssize_t ivtv_read_pos(struct ivtv_stream *s, char __user *ubuf, size_t co
 
 	IVTV_DEBUG_HI_FILE("read %zd from %s, got %zd\n", count, s->name, rc);
 	if (rc > 0)
-		pos += rc;
+		*pos += rc;
 	return rc;
 }