diff --git a/lib/linux/lseek.c b/lib/linux/lseek.c
index 1971304e..66d96d7f 100644
--- a/lib/linux/lseek.c
+++ b/lib/linux/lseek.c
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@
 off_t
 _lseek (int filedes, off_t offset, int whence)
 {
-  return _sys_call3 (SYS_lseek, (int) filedes, (long) offset, (int) whence);
-  // long long_offset = offset;
-  // return _sys_call3 (SYS_lseek, filedes, long_offset, whence);
+  long long_offset = offset;
+  return _sys_call3 (SYS_lseek, filedes, long_offset, whence);
 }
 
 off_t