diff --git a/plugins/in_tail/tail_file.c b/plugins/in_tail/tail_file.c
index 06c51d7d68d..0f7d048a62b 100644
--- a/plugins/in_tail/tail_file.c
+++ b/plugins/in_tail/tail_file.c
@@ -1058,6 +1058,9 @@ static int set_file_position(struct flb_tail_config *ctx,
                 file->offset = ret;
                 flb_tail_db_file_offset(file, ctx);
             }
+            if (file->decompression_context == NULL) {
+                file->stream_offset = file->offset;
+            }
             return 0;
         }
     }