diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/logaggregation/filecontroller/ifile/IndexedFileAggregatedLogsBlock.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/logaggregation/filecontroller/ifile/IndexedFileAggregatedLogsBlock.java
index 5439b534b05..db2915ab256 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/logaggregation/filecontroller/ifile/IndexedFileAggregatedLogsBlock.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/logaggregation/filecontroller/ifile/IndexedFileAggregatedLogsBlock.java
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ public class IndexedFileAggregatedLogsBlock extends LogAggregationHtmlBlock {
                       __(" for the full log.").__();
             }
             long totalSkipped = 0;
-            while (totalSkipped < start) {
-              long ret = in.skip(start - totalSkipped);
+            while (totalSkipped < startIndex) {
+              long ret = in.skip(startIndex - totalSkipped);
               if (ret == 0) {
                 //Read one byte
                 int nextByte = in.read();