diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index d7f4028a9b..2fb662a415 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-06-15  Hui Zhu  <hui_zhu@mentor.com>
+
+	* tracepoint.c (tfile_xfer_partial): Add a lseek.
+
 2012-06-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* amd64-linux-nat.c (ps_get_thread_area): Check bits_per_word
diff --git a/gdb/tracepoint.c b/gdb/tracepoint.c
index 63f66c7b73..6d76f4b1bf 100644
--- a/gdb/tracepoint.c
+++ b/gdb/tracepoint.c
@@ -4545,6 +4545,8 @@ tfile_xfer_partial (struct target_ops *ops, enum target_object object,
 	      if (amt > len)
 		amt = len;
 
+	      if (maddr != offset)
+	        lseek (trace_fd, offset - maddr, SEEK_CUR);
 	      tfile_read (readbuf, amt);
 	      return amt;
 	    }