diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e99620d7283..c3566a9210f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug GH-20442 (Phar does not respect case-insensitiveness of
     __halt_compiler() when reading stub). (ndossche, TimWolla)
   . Fix broken return value of fflush() for phar file entries. (ndossche)
+  . Fix assertion failure when fseeking a phar file out of bounds. (ndossche)
 
 - PHPDBG:
   . Fixed ZPP type violation in phpdbg_get_executable() and phpdbg_end_oplog().
diff --git a/ext/phar/stream.c b/ext/phar/stream.c
index 9a7fd3763e3..07782927bc9 100644
--- a/ext/phar/stream.c
+++ b/ext/phar/stream.c
@@ -428,11 +428,9 @@ static int phar_stream_seek(php_stream *stream, zend_off_t offset, int whence, z
 
 	zend_off_t temp_signed = (zend_off_t) temp;
 	if (temp_signed > data->zero + (zend_off_t) entry->uncompressed_filesize) {
-		*newoffset = -1; /* FIXME: this will invalidate the ZEND_ASSERT(stream->position >= 0); assertion in streams.c */
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (temp_signed < data->zero) {
-		*newoffset = -1; /* FIXME: this will invalidate the ZEND_ASSERT(stream->position >= 0); assertion in streams.c */
 		return -1;
 	}
 	res = php_stream_seek(data->fp, temp_signed, SEEK_SET);
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/022.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/022.phpt
index 5363a65be94..c484c4d3c06 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/022.phpt
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/022.phpt
@@ -80,28 +80,28 @@ int(1)
 fseek($fp, -1, SEEK_END)int(0)
 int(6)
 fseek($fp, -8, SEEK_END)int(-1)
-bool(false)
+int(6)
 fseek($fp, -7, SEEK_END)int(0)
 int(0)
 fseek($fp, 0, SEEK_END)int(0)
 int(7)
 fseek($fp, 1, SEEK_END)int(-1)
-bool(false)
+int(7)
 fseek($fp, -8, SEEK_END)int(-1)
-bool(false)
+int(7)
 fseek($fp, 6)int(0)
 int(6)
 fseek($fp, 8)int(-1)
-bool(false)
+int(6)
 fseek($fp, -1)int(-1)
-bool(false)
+int(6)
 next
 int(4)
 fseek($fp, -5, SEEK_CUR)int(-1)
-bool(false)
+int(4)
 int(4)
 fseek($fp, 5, SEEK_CUR)int(-1)
-bool(false)
+int(4)
 int(4)
 fseek($fp, -4, SEEK_CUR)int(0)
 int(0)
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/fseek_outside_bounds.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/fseek_outside_bounds.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a35abb360d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/fseek_outside_bounds.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--TEST--
+Assertion failure when fseeking outside of bounds of phar file
+--EXTENSIONS--
+phar
+--INI--
+phar.require_hash=0
+--FILE--
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/files/phar_oo_test.inc';
+$phar = new Phar($fname);
+$phar->setInfoClass('SplFileObject');
+$f = $phar['a.php'];
+var_dump($f->fseek(1, SEEK_SET));
+var_dump($f->fseek(999999, SEEK_SET));
+var_dump($f->fseek(999999, SEEK_CUR));
+var_dump($f->ftell());
+var_dump($f->fseek(1, SEEK_CUR));
+var_dump($f->fread(3));
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+int(0)
+int(-1)
+int(-1)
+int(1)
+int(0)
+string(3) "php"