diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_utils.c b/tools/iio/iio_utils.c
index d174487b2f22..1ef51c7e7b04 100644
--- a/tools/iio/iio_utils.c
+++ b/tools/iio/iio_utils.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ int build_channel_array(const char *device_dir,
 		goto error_close_dir;
 	}
 
-	seekdir(dp, 0);
+	rewinddir(dp);
 	while (ent = readdir(dp), ent) {
 		if (strcmp(ent->d_name + strlen(ent->d_name) - strlen("_en"),
 			   "_en") == 0) {