diff --git a/innobase/srv/srv0srv.c b/innobase/srv/srv0srv.c
index 99a2db57d79..d633c67cdf3 100644
--- a/innobase/srv/srv0srv.c
+++ b/innobase/srv/srv0srv.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,6 @@ srv_printf_innodb_monitor(
 
 	srv_last_monitor_time = time(NULL);
 
-	rewind(file);
 	fputs("\n=====================================\n", file);
 
 	ut_print_timestamp(file);