diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6fa2838bd..2f56c51a7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-06-06  Robert Millan  <rmh@aybabtu.com>
+
+	* util/biosdisk.c (open_device): Do not modify sector offset when
+	accessing a partition.  kern/disk.c already handles this for us.
+
 2008-06-06  Robert Millan  <rmh@aybabtu.com>
 
 	* util/grub-emu.c (grub_machine_init): Move code in this function from
diff --git a/util/biosdisk.c b/util/biosdisk.c
index b949b2db6..eb1f3ff9b 100644
--- a/util/biosdisk.c
+++ b/util/biosdisk.c
@@ -298,9 +298,6 @@ open_device (const grub_disk_t disk, grub_disk_addr_t sector, int flags)
 
     /* Make the buffer cache consistent with the physical disk.  */
     ioctl (fd, BLKFLSBUF, 0);
-    
-    if (is_partition)
-      sector -= disk->partition->start;
   }
 #else /* ! __linux__ */
   fd = open (map[disk->id].device, flags);