diff --git a/panda/src/express/multifile.cxx b/panda/src/express/multifile.cxx
index 38133af001..0dde541b8c 100644
--- a/panda/src/express/multifile.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/express/multifile.cxx
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ open_read(const Filename &multifile_name, const streampos &offset) {
   _read = new IStreamWrapper(multifile_stream, true);
   _owns_stream = true;
   _multifile_name = multifile_name;
+  _offset = offset;
   return read_index();
 }