diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/rewind.c b/lib/libc/stdio/rewind.c
index ff4c9072c76..133e3f43dd0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/rewind.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/rewind.c
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ rewind(FILE *fp)
 		__sinit();
 
 	FLOCKFILE(fp);
-	if (_fseeko(fp, (off_t)0, SEEK_SET, 1) == 0) {
-		clearerr_unlocked(fp);
+	if (_fseeko(fp, (off_t)0, SEEK_SET, 1) == 0)
 		errno = serrno;
-	}
+	clearerr_unlocked(fp);	/* POSIX: clear stdio error regardless */
 	FUNLOCKFILE(fp);
 }