diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-fileops.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-fileops.c
index f778965a2eb8..59e78fb17575 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-fileops.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-fileops.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static ssize_t cx18_read_pos(struct cx18_stream *s, char __user *ubuf,
 
 	CX18_DEBUG_HI_FILE("read %zd from %s, got %zd\n", count, s->name, rc);
 	if (rc > 0)
-		pos += rc;
+		*pos += rc;
 	return rc;
 }