diff --git a/internal/restorer/filerestorer.go b/internal/restorer/filerestorer.go
index 1ea82cabb..6d530b25c 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/filerestorer.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/filerestorer.go
@@ -93,17 +93,20 @@ func (r *fileRestorer) targetPath(location string) string {
 	return filepath.Join(r.dst, location)
 }
 
-func (r *fileRestorer) forEachBlob(blobIDs []restic.ID, fn func(packID restic.ID, packBlob restic.Blob, idx int)) error {
+func (r *fileRestorer) forEachBlob(blobIDs []restic.ID, fn func(packID restic.ID, packBlob restic.Blob, idx int, fileOffset int64)) error {
 	if len(blobIDs) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	fileOffset := int64(0)
 	for i, blobID := range blobIDs {
 		packs := r.idx(restic.DataBlob, blobID)
 		if len(packs) == 0 {
 			return errors.Errorf("Unknown blob %s", blobID.String())
 		}
-		fn(packs[0].PackID, packs[0].Blob, i)
+		pb := packs[0]
+		fn(pb.PackID, pb.Blob, i, fileOffset)
+		fileOffset += int64(pb.DataLength())
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -124,10 +127,10 @@ func (r *fileRestorer) restoreFiles(ctx context.Context) error {
 		var packsMap map[restic.ID][]fileBlobInfo
 		if largeFile {
 			packsMap = make(map[restic.ID][]fileBlobInfo)
+			file.blobs = packsMap
 		}
-		fileOffset := int64(0)
 		restoredBlobs := false
-		err := r.forEachBlob(fileBlobs, func(packID restic.ID, blob restic.Blob, idx int) {
+		err := r.forEachBlob(fileBlobs, func(packID restic.ID, blob restic.Blob, idx int, fileOffset int64) {
 			if !file.state.HasMatchingBlob(idx) {
 				if largeFile {
 					packsMap[packID] = append(packsMap[packID], fileBlobInfo{id: blob.ID, offset: fileOffset})
@@ -136,7 +139,6 @@ func (r *fileRestorer) restoreFiles(ctx context.Context) error {
 			} else {
 				r.reportBlobProgress(file, uint64(blob.DataLength()))
 			}
-			fileOffset += int64(blob.DataLength())
 			pack, ok := packs[packID]
 			if !ok {
 				pack = &packInfo{
@@ -151,6 +153,11 @@ func (r *fileRestorer) restoreFiles(ctx context.Context) error {
 				file.sparse = r.sparse
 			}
 		})
+		if err != nil {
+			// repository index is messed up, can't do anything
+			return err
+		}
+
 		if len(fileBlobs) == 1 {
 			// no need to preallocate files with a single block, thus we can always consider them to be sparse
 			// in addition, a short chunk will never match r.zeroChunk which would prevent sparseness for short files
@@ -163,14 +170,6 @@ func (r *fileRestorer) restoreFiles(ctx context.Context) error {
 			file.sparse = false
 		}
 
-		if err != nil {
-			// repository index is messed up, can't do anything
-			return err
-		}
-		if largeFile {
-			file.blobs = packsMap
-		}
-
 		// empty file or one with already uptodate content. Make sure that the file size is correct
 		if !restoredBlobs {
 			err := r.truncateFileToSize(file.location, file.size)
@@ -249,12 +248,10 @@ func (r *fileRestorer) downloadPack(ctx context.Context, pack *packInfo) error {
 			blobInfo.files[file] = append(blobInfo.files[file], fileOffset)
 		}
 		if fileBlobs, ok := file.blobs.(restic.IDs); ok {
-			fileOffset := int64(0)
-			err := r.forEachBlob(fileBlobs, func(packID restic.ID, blob restic.Blob, idx int) {
+			err := r.forEachBlob(fileBlobs, func(packID restic.ID, blob restic.Blob, idx int, fileOffset int64) {
 				if packID.Equal(pack.id) && !file.state.HasMatchingBlob(idx) {
 					addBlob(blob, fileOffset)
 				}
-				fileOffset += int64(blob.DataLength())
 			})
 			if err != nil {
 				// restoreFiles should have caught this error before