diff --git a/gvfs-helper.c b/gvfs-helper.c
index f3e9ddc18ac757..d3aab115fc7f62 100644
--- a/gvfs-helper.c
+++ b/gvfs-helper.c
@@ -2028,18 +2028,18 @@ static int my_copy_fd_len_tail(int fd_in, int fd_out, ssize_t nr_bytes_total,
 {
 	memset(buf_tail, 0, tail_len);
 
+	if (my_copy_fd_len(fd_in, fd_out, nr_bytes_total) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
 	if (nr_bytes_total < tail_len)
-		return my_copy_fd_len(fd_in, fd_out, nr_bytes_total);
+		return 0;
 
-	if (my_copy_fd_len(fd_in, fd_out, (nr_bytes_total - tail_len)) < 0)
-		return -1;
+	/* Reset the position to read the tail */
+	lseek(fd_in, -tail_len, SEEK_CUR);
 
 	if (xread(fd_in, (char *)buf_tail, tail_len) != tail_len)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (write_in_full(fd_out, buf_tail, tail_len) < 0)
-		return -1;
-
 	return 0;
 }