diff --git a/io_u.c b/io_u.c
index 8546899c03e7..cbe14b3f5bda 100644
--- a/io_u.c
+++ b/io_u.c
@@ -283,8 +283,15 @@ static int get_next_seq_offset(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f,
 			f->last_pos = f->real_file_size;
 
 		pos = f->last_pos - f->file_offset;
-		if (pos)
+		if (pos) {
 			pos += td->o.ddir_seq_add;
+			/*
+			 * If we reach beyond the end of the file with
+			 * holed IO, wrap around to the beginning again.
+			 */
+			if (pos >= f->real_file_size)
+				pos = f->file_offset;
+		}
 
 		*offset = pos;
 		return 0;