diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 72708608ca..ff981c05d0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-09-28  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/file/gimprecentlist.c: seek to the start of the file before
+	calling lockf().
+
 2004-09-28  Maurits Rijk  <m.rijk@chello.nl>
 
 	* plug-ins/common/borderaverage.c: added size entry. Fixes #143156
diff --git a/app/file/gimprecentlist.c b/app/file/gimprecentlist.c
index 4d9a3281b1..6cecf3c577 100644
--- a/app/file/gimprecentlist.c
+++ b/app/file/gimprecentlist.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -489,6 +490,8 @@ gimp_recent_list_lock_file (gint fd)
    * changes.
    */
 
+  lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
   for (i = 0; i < 5; i++)
     {
       gint rand_interval;
@@ -507,6 +510,8 @@ gimp_recent_list_lock_file (gint fd)
 static gboolean
 gimp_recent_list_unlock_file (gint fd)
 {
+  lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
   return (lockf (fd, F_ULOCK, 0) == 0) ? TRUE : FALSE;
 }