diff --git a/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_file.c b/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_file.c
index b6be11af8..c25478328 100644
--- a/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_file.c
+++ b/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_file.c
@@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ blr_write_binlog_record(ROUTER_INSTANCE *router, REP_HEADER *hdr, uint32_t size,
                   router->binlog_name,
                   strerror_r(errno, err_msg, sizeof(err_msg)));
         /* Remove any partial event that was written */
-        if (ftruncate(router->binlog_fd, router->last_written))
+        if (ftruncate(router->binlog_fd, router->binlog_position))
         {
             MXS_ERROR("%s: Failed to truncate binlog record at %lu of %s, %s. ",
-                      router->service->name, router->last_written,
+                      router->service->name, router->binlog_position,
                       router->binlog_name,
                       strerror_r(errno, err_msg, sizeof(err_msg)));
         }
diff --git a/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_master.c b/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_master.c
index 53e251c83..ac4abeefb 100644
--- a/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_master.c
+++ b/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_master.c
@@ -2607,10 +2607,10 @@ blr_write_data_into_binlog(ROUTER_INSTANCE *router, uint32_t data_len, uint8_t *
                   strerror_r(errno, err_msg, sizeof(err_msg)));
 
         /* Remove any partial event that was written */
-        if (ftruncate(router->binlog_fd, router->last_written))
+        if (ftruncate(router->binlog_fd, router->binlog_position))
         {
             MXS_ERROR("%s: Failed to truncate binlog record at %lu of %s, %s. ",
-                      router->service->name, router->last_written,
+                      router->service->name, router->binlog_position,
                       router->binlog_name,
                       strerror_r(errno, err_msg, sizeof(err_msg)));
         }