diff --git a/api-get-object.go b/api-get-object.go
index e31e4cf92..9e6b1543c 100644
--- a/api-get-object.go
+++ b/api-get-object.go
@@ -550,6 +550,8 @@ func (o *Object) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (n int64, err error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	newOffset := o.currOffset
+
 	// Switch through whence.
 	switch whence {
 	default:
@@ -558,12 +560,12 @@ func (o *Object) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (n int64, err error) {
 		if o.objectInfo.Size > -1 && offset > o.objectInfo.Size {
 			return 0, io.EOF
 		}
-		o.currOffset = offset
+		newOffset = offset
 	case 1:
 		if o.objectInfo.Size > -1 && o.currOffset+offset > o.objectInfo.Size {
 			return 0, io.EOF
 		}
-		o.currOffset += offset
+		newOffset += offset
 	case 2:
 		// If we don't know the object size return an error for io.SeekEnd
 		if o.objectInfo.Size < 0 {
@@ -579,7 +581,7 @@ func (o *Object) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (n int64, err error) {
 		if o.objectInfo.Size+offset < 0 {
 			return 0, errInvalidArgument(fmt.Sprintf("Seeking at negative offset not allowed for %d", whence))
 		}
-		o.currOffset = o.objectInfo.Size + offset
+		newOffset = o.objectInfo.Size + offset
 	}
 	// Reset the saved error since we successfully seeked, let the Read
 	// and ReadAt decide.
@@ -587,8 +589,9 @@ func (o *Object) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (n int64, err error) {
 		o.prevErr = nil
 	}
 
-	// Ask lower level to fetch again from source
-	o.seekData = true
+	// Ask lower level to fetch again from source when necessary
+	o.seekData = (newOffset != o.currOffset) || o.seekData
+	o.currOffset = newOffset
 
 	// Return the effective offset.
 	return o.currOffset, nil