Index: uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_ops.c
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--- uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_ops.c	(revision 8df84159443459b1d42b1bfb7ac53524020c5359)
+++ uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_ops.c	(revision 3a4b3bad74b51aef577f2e38649da421f223b85b)
@@ -837,11 +837,11 @@
 	ipc_call_t answer;
 	if (read) {
-		if (file->append)
-			file->pos = file->node->size;
-		
 		rc = async_data_read_forward_3_1(fs_phone, VFS_OUT_READ,
 		    file->node->devmap_handle, file->node->index, file->pos,
 		    &answer);
 	} else {
+		if (file->append)
+			file->pos = file->node->size;
+		
 		rc = async_data_write_forward_3_1(fs_phone, VFS_OUT_WRITE,
 		    file->node->devmap_handle, file->node->index, file->pos,