diff --git a/openbsc/src/ipaccess/ipaccess-config.c b/openbsc/src/ipaccess/ipaccess-config.c
index 33dd82a..93fe442 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/ipaccess/ipaccess-config.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/ipaccess/ipaccess-config.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
-	target = sub_entry->absolute_offset;
+	target = sub_entry->absolute_offset + ntohl(sub_entry->header_entry.start) + 4;
 	if (lseek(fd, target, SEEK_SET) != target) {
 		perror("seek failed");
 		close(out_fd);