diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index ff73a85c155..8167ae06427 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-10-03  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
+
+	* include/bits/sstream.tcc (seekpos): In case of success, just
+	return __sp.
+
 2004-10-01  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
 
 	* include/bits/sstream.tcc (pbackfail): Implement correctly
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/sstream.tcc b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/sstream.tcc
index 76cda2974ee..985a0e46d07 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/sstream.tcc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/sstream.tcc
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ namespace std
 		this->gbump((__beg + __pos) - this->gptr());
 	      if (__testout)
                 this->pbump((__beg + __pos) - this->pptr());
-	      __ret = pos_type(off_type(__pos));
+	      __ret = __sp;
 	    }
 	}
       return __ret;