diff --git a/src/mount/redox/resource.rs b/src/mount/redox/resource.rs
index 9d7c75af62..81f057fe6c 100644
--- a/src/mount/redox/resource.rs
+++ b/src/mount/redox/resource.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 use syscall::data::TimeSpec;
 use syscall::error::{Error, Result, EBADF, EBUSY, EINVAL, EISDIR, EPERM};
-use syscall::flag::{O_ACCMODE, O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, O_RDWR, F_GETFL, F_SETFL, MODE_PERM};
+use syscall::flag::{O_ACCMODE, O_APPEND, O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, O_RDWR, F_GETFL, F_SETFL, MODE_PERM};
 use syscall::{Stat, SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, SEEK_END};
 
 use disk::Disk;
@@ -191,13 +191,13 @@ pub struct FileResource {
 }
 
 impl FileResource {
-    pub fn new(path: String, block: u64, flags: usize, seek: u64, uid: u32) -> FileResource {
+    pub fn new(path: String, block: u64, flags: usize, uid: u32) -> FileResource {
         FileResource {
-            path: path,
-            block: block,
-            flags: flags,
-            seek: seek,
-            uid: uid,
+            path,
+            block,
+            flags,
+            seek: 0,
+            uid,
             fmap: None
         }
     }
@@ -255,7 +255,10 @@ impl<D: Disk> Resource<D> for FileResource {
     }
 
     fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8], fs: &mut FileSystem<D>) -> Result<usize> {
-        if self.flags & O_ACCMODE == O_RDWR || self.flags & O_ACCMODE == O_WRONLY {
+        if self.flags & O_WRONLY == O_WRONLY {
+            if self.flags & O_APPEND == O_APPEND {
+                self.seek = fs.node_len(self.block)?;
+            }
             let mtime = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap();
             let count = fs.write_node(self.block, self.seek, buf, mtime.as_secs(), mtime.subsec_nanos())?;
             self.seek += count as u64;
diff --git a/src/mount/redox/scheme.rs b/src/mount/redox/scheme.rs
index a5ce3be516..5c827b28a0 100644
--- a/src/mount/redox/scheme.rs
+++ b/src/mount/redox/scheme.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 use syscall::data::{Stat, StatVfs, TimeSpec};
 use syscall::error::{Error, Result, EACCES, EEXIST, EISDIR, ENOTDIR, ENOTEMPTY, EPERM, ENOENT, EBADF, ELOOP, EINVAL};
-use syscall::flag::{O_APPEND, O_CREAT, O_DIRECTORY, O_STAT, O_EXCL, O_TRUNC, O_ACCMODE, O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, O_RDWR, MODE_PERM, O_SYMLINK, O_NOFOLLOW};
+use syscall::flag::{O_CREAT, O_DIRECTORY, O_STAT, O_EXCL, O_TRUNC, O_ACCMODE, O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, O_RDWR, MODE_PERM, O_SYMLINK, O_NOFOLLOW};
 use syscall::scheme::Scheme;
 
 use BLOCK_SIZE;
@@ -321,13 +321,7 @@ impl<D: Disk> Scheme for FileScheme<D> {
                     fs.node_set_len(node.0, 0)?;
                 }
 
-                let seek = if flags & O_APPEND == O_APPEND {
-                    fs.node_len(node.0)?
-                } else {
-                    0
-                };
-
-                Box::new(FileResource::new(path.to_string(), node.0, flags, seek, uid))
+                Box::new(FileResource::new(path.to_string(), node.0, flags, uid))
             },
             None => if flags & O_CREAT == O_CREAT {
                 let mut last_part = String::new();
@@ -361,13 +355,7 @@ impl<D: Disk> Scheme for FileScheme<D> {
                         if dir {
                             Box::new(DirResource::new(path.to_string(), node.0, None, uid))
                         } else {
-                            let seek = if flags & O_APPEND == O_APPEND {
-                                fs.node_len(node.0)?
-                            } else {
-                                0
-                            };
-
-                            Box::new(FileResource::new(path.to_string(), node.0, flags, seek, uid))
+                            Box::new(FileResource::new(path.to_string(), node.0, flags, uid))
                         }
                     } else {
                         return Err(Error::new(EPERM));