diff --git a/usr.sbin/kldxref/elf.c b/usr.sbin/kldxref/elf.c
--- a/usr.sbin/kldxref/elf.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/kldxref/elf.c
@@ -170,11 +170,7 @@
 {
 	ssize_t nread;
 
-	if (offset != (off_t)-1) {
-		if (lseek(efile->ef_fd, offset, SEEK_SET) == -1)
-			return (EIO);
-	}
-	nread = read(efile->ef_fd, dst, len);
+	nread = pread(efile->ef_fd, dst, len, offset);
 	if (nread == -1)
 		return (errno);
 	if (nread != len)