diff --git a/fs/mmap/fs_rammap.c b/fs/mmap/fs_rammap.c
index d25458ff42..401eaa02af 100644
--- a/fs/mmap/fs_rammap.c
+++ b/fs/mmap/fs_rammap.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int msync_rammap(FAR struct mm_map_entry_s *entry, FAR void *start,
   fpos = file_seek(filep, entry->offset + offset, SEEK_SET);
   if (fpos < 0)
     {
-      ferr("ERRORL Seek to position %"PRIdOFF" failed\n", fpos);
+      ferr("ERROR: Seek to position %"PRIdOFF" failed\n", fpos);
       return fpos;
     }
 
@@ -109,7 +109,15 @@ static int msync_rammap(FAR struct mm_map_entry_s *entry, FAR void *start,
 
   /* Restore file pos */
 
-  file_seek(filep, opos, SEEK_SET);
+  fpos = file_seek(filep, opos, SEEK_SET);
+  if (fpos < 0)
+    {
+      /* Ensure that we finally seek back to the current file pos */
+
+      ferr("ERROR: Seek back to position %"PRIdOFF" failed\n", fpos);
+      return fpos;
+    }
+
   return nwrite >= 0 ? 0 : nwrite;
 }