diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
index 52dadc4..f1088b3 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
@@ -1692,7 +1692,8 @@ QPDF::readObjectAtOffset(bool try_recovery,
 	    else
 	    {
 		throw QPDFExc(qpdf_e_damaged_pdf, this->m->file->getName(),
-			      this->m->last_object_description, offset,
+			      this->m->last_object_description,
+                              this->m->file->tell(),
 			      "EOF after endobj");
 	    }
 	}