diff --git a/src/file/SDL_rwops.c b/src/file/SDL_rwops.c
index 3b2f88c879..489162eae3 100644
--- a/src/file/SDL_rwops.c
+++ b/src/file/SDL_rwops.c
@@ -254,8 +254,9 @@ windows_file_write(SDL_RWops *context, const void *ptr, Sint64 size)
 
     /* if in append mode, we must go to the EOF before write */
     if (context->hidden.windowsio.append) {
-        if (SetFilePointer(context->hidden.windowsio.h, 0L, NULL, FILE_END) ==
-            INVALID_SET_FILE_POINTER) {
+        LARGE_INTEGER windowsoffset;
+        windowsoffset.QuadPart = 0;
+        if (!SetFilePointerEx(context->hidden.windowsio.h, windowsoffset, &windowsoffset, FILE_END)) {
             return SDL_Error(SDL_EFWRITE);
         }
     }