diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/bitstrm.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/bitstrm.cpp
index a11697264b..86d2bc659b 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/bitstrm.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/bitstrm.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ void  RBaseStream::readBlock()
     fseek( m_file, m_block_pos, SEEK_SET );
     size_t readed = fread( m_start, 1, m_block_size, m_file );
     m_end = m_start + readed;
-    m_current = m_start;
 
     if( readed == 0 || m_current >= m_end )
         CV_THROW (RBS_THROW_EOS);