diff --git a/src/tape/drive/lto/sg_tape.rs b/src/tape/drive/lto/sg_tape.rs
index 6df69cb23..25c239a2d 100644
--- a/src/tape/drive/lto/sg_tape.rs
+++ b/src/tape/drive/lto/sg_tape.rs
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ impl SgTape {
             return self.rewind();
         }
 
+        let position = position -1;
+
         let mut sg_raw = SgRaw::new(&mut self.file, 16)?;
         sg_raw.set_timeout(Self::SCSI_TAPE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
         let mut cmd = Vec::new();