diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdio/fseeko.c b/newlib/libc/stdio/fseeko.c
index 3e0f9e90b..bbf1af43e 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/stdio/fseeko.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/stdio/fseeko.c
@@ -141,31 +141,12 @@ _fseeko_r (struct _reent *ptr,
   switch (whence)
     {
     case SEEK_CUR:
-      /*
-       * In order to seek relative to the current stream offset,
-       * we have to first find the current stream offset a la
-       * ftell (see ftell for details).
-       */
-      _fflush_r (ptr, fp);   /* may adjust seek offset on append stream */
-      if (fp->_flags & __SOFF)
-	curoff = fp->_offset;
-      else
-	{
-	  curoff = seekfn (ptr, fp->_cookie, (_fpos_t) 0, SEEK_CUR);
-	  if (curoff == -1L)
-	    {
-	      _newlib_flockfile_exit (fp);
-	      return EOF;
-	    }
-	}
-      if (fp->_flags & __SRD)
-	{
-	  curoff -= fp->_r;
-	  if (HASUB (fp))
-	    curoff -= fp->_ur;
-	}
-      else if (fp->_flags & __SWR && fp->_p != NULL)
-	curoff += fp->_p - fp->_bf._base;
+      curoff = _ftello_r(ptr, fp);
+      if (curoff == -1L)
+        {
+          _newlib_flockfile_exit (fp);
+          return EOF;
+        }
 
       offset += curoff;
       whence = SEEK_SET;
diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdio64/fseeko64.c b/newlib/libc/stdio64/fseeko64.c
index 0672086a3..f38005570 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/stdio64/fseeko64.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/stdio64/fseeko64.c
@@ -142,31 +142,12 @@ _fseeko64_r (struct _reent *ptr,
   switch (whence)
     {
     case SEEK_CUR:
-      /*
-       * In order to seek relative to the current stream offset,
-       * we have to first find the current stream offset a la
-       * ftell (see ftell for details).
-       */
-      _fflush_r (ptr, fp);   /* may adjust seek offset on append stream */
-      if (fp->_flags & __SOFF)
-	curoff = fp->_offset;
-      else
-	{
-	  curoff = seekfn (ptr, fp->_cookie, (_fpos64_t) 0, SEEK_CUR);
-	  if (curoff == -1L)
-	    {
-	      _newlib_flockfile_exit(fp);
-	      return EOF;
-	    }
-	}
-      if (fp->_flags & __SRD)
-	{
-	  curoff -= fp->_r;
-	  if (HASUB (fp))
-	    curoff -= fp->_ur;
-	}
-      else if (fp->_flags & __SWR && fp->_p != NULL)
-	curoff += fp->_p - fp->_bf._base;
+      curoff = _ftello64_r(ptr, fp);
+      if (curoff == -1L)
+        {
+          _newlib_flockfile_exit (fp);
+          return EOF;
+        }
 
       offset += curoff;
       whence = SEEK_SET;