diff --git a/doc/classes/FileAccess.xml b/doc/classes/FileAccess.xml
index cdfdb36511..fac9d08604 100644
--- a/doc/classes/FileAccess.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/FileAccess.xml
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
 			<param index="0" name="position" type="int" default="0" />
 			<description>
 				Sets the file cursor to the specified position in bytes, from the end of the file. This changes the value returned by [method get_position].
-				[b]Note:[/b] This is an offset, so you should use negative numbers otherwise the file cursor will be at the end of the file.
+				[b]Note:[/b] This is an offset, so you should use negative numbers otherwise the file cursor will move past the end of the file.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="set_extended_attribute" qualifiers="static">
diff --git a/platform/android/java/lib/src/main/java/org/godotengine/godot/io/file/DataAccess.kt b/platform/android/java/lib/src/main/java/org/godotengine/godot/io/file/DataAccess.kt
index b426decf7a..5d20e645f0 100644
--- a/platform/android/java/lib/src/main/java/org/godotengine/godot/io/file/DataAccess.kt
+++ b/platform/android/java/lib/src/main/java/org/godotengine/godot/io/file/DataAccess.kt
@@ -203,8 +203,10 @@ internal abstract class DataAccess {
 	abstract fun write(buffer: ByteBuffer): Boolean
 
 	fun seekFromEnd(positionFromEnd: Long) {
-		val positionFromBeginning = max(0, size() - positionFromEnd)
-		seek(positionFromBeginning)
+		val positionFromBeginning = size() + positionFromEnd
+		if (positionFromBeginning >= 0) {
+			seek(positionFromBeginning)
+		}
 	}
 
 	abstract class FileChannelDataAccess(private val filePath: String) : DataAccess() {
diff --git a/tests/core/io/test_file_access.h b/tests/core/io/test_file_access.h
index 7c6a0ab3c4..24b1bc6c54 100644
--- a/tests/core/io/test_file_access.h
+++ b/tests/core/io/test_file_access.h
@@ -248,4 +248,51 @@ TEST_CASE("[FileAccess] Get/Store floating point half precision values") {
 	}
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("[FileAccess] Cursor positioning") {
+	Ref<FileAccess> f = FileAccess::open(TestUtils::get_data_path("line_endings_lf.test.txt"), FileAccess::READ);
+	REQUIRE(f.is_valid());
+
+	String full = f->get_as_utf8_string();
+	int64_t len = full.length();
+
+	SUBCASE("Initial position is zero") {
+		f->seek(0);
+		CHECK(f->get_position() == 0);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("seek() moves cursor to absolute position") {
+		f->seek(5);
+		CHECK(f->get_position() == 5);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("seek() moves cursor beyond file size") {
+		f->seek(len + 10);
+		CHECK(f->get_position() == len + 10);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("seek_end() moves cursor to end of file") {
+		f->seek_end(0);
+		CHECK(f->get_position() == len);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("seek_end() with positive offset") {
+		f->seek_end(1);
+		CHECK(f->get_position() == len + 1);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("seek_end() with negative offset") {
+		f->seek_end(-1);
+		CHECK(f->get_position() == len - 1);
+
+		char last_char = full[full.length() - 1];
+		CHECK(f->get_8() == last_char);
+	}
+
+	SUBCASE("seek_end() beyond file size") {
+		f->seek(5);
+		f->seek_end(-len - 10); // seeking to a position below 0; ignored.
+		CHECK(f->get_position() == 5);
+	}
+}
+
 } // namespace TestFileAccess