diff --git a/mountpoint-s3/src/prefetch/backpressure_controller.rs b/mountpoint-s3/src/prefetch/backpressure_controller.rs
index 77c6eec11..a4878225e 100644
--- a/mountpoint-s3/src/prefetch/backpressure_controller.rs
+++ b/mountpoint-s3/src/prefetch/backpressure_controller.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use super::PrefetchReadError;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum BackpressureFeedbackEvent {
     /// An event where data with a certain length has been read out of the stream
-    DataRead(usize),
+    DataRead(u64, usize),
     /// An event indicating part queue stall
     PartQueueStall,
 }
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ pub struct BackpressureController {
     /// Upper bound of the current read window. The request can return data up to this
     /// offset *exclusively*. This value must be advanced to continue fetching new data.
     read_window_end_offset: u64,
-    /// Next offset of the data to be read. It is used for tracking how many bytes of
-    /// data has been read out of the stream.
-    next_read_offset: u64,
     /// End offset for the request we want to apply backpressure. The request can return
     /// data up to this offset *exclusively*.
     request_end_offset: u64,
@@ -73,7 +70,6 @@ pub fn new_backpressure_controller(config: BackpressureConfig) -> (BackpressureC
         max_read_window_size: config.max_read_window_size,
         read_window_size_multiplier: config.read_window_size_multiplier,
         read_window_end_offset,
-        next_read_offset: config.request_range.start,
         request_end_offset: config.request_range.end,
     };
     let limiter = BackpressureLimiter {
@@ -93,21 +89,22 @@ impl BackpressureController {
     /// will ensure that the read window size is enough to read this offset and that it is always close to `preferred_read_window_size`.
     pub async fn send_feedback<E>(&mut self, event: BackpressureFeedbackEvent) -> Result<(), PrefetchReadError<E>> {
         match event {
-            BackpressureFeedbackEvent::DataRead(length) => {
-                self.next_read_offset += length as u64;
+            // Note, that this may come from a backwards seek, so offsets observed by this method are not necessarily ascending
+            BackpressureFeedbackEvent::DataRead(offset, length) => {
+                let next_read_offset = offset + length as u64;
+                let remaining_window = self.read_window_end_offset.saturating_sub(next_read_offset);
                 // Increment the read window only if the remaining window reaches some threshold i.e. half of it left.
-                if self.remaining_window() < (self.preferred_read_window_size / 2)
+                if remaining_window < (self.preferred_read_window_size / 2) as u64
                     && self.read_window_end_offset < self.request_end_offset
                 {
-                    let new_read_window_end_offset = self
-                        .next_read_offset
+                    let new_read_window_end_offset = next_read_offset
                         .saturating_add(self.preferred_read_window_size as u64)
                         .min(self.request_end_offset);
                     debug_assert!(self.read_window_end_offset < new_read_window_end_offset);
                     let to_increase = new_read_window_end_offset.saturating_sub(self.read_window_end_offset) as usize;
                     trace!(
                         preferred_read_window_size = self.preferred_read_window_size,
-                        next_read_offset = self.next_read_offset,
+                        next_read_offset,
                         read_window_end_offset = self.read_window_end_offset,
                         to_increase,
                         "incrementing read window"
@@ -131,10 +128,6 @@ impl BackpressureController {
             .inspect_err(|_| trace!("read window incrementing queue is already closed"));
     }
 
-    fn remaining_window(&self) -> usize {
-        self.read_window_end_offset.saturating_sub(self.next_read_offset) as usize
-    }
-
     // Try scaling up preferred read window size with a multiplier configured at initialization.
     fn try_scaling_up(&mut self) {
         if self.preferred_read_window_size < self.max_read_window_size {
diff --git a/mountpoint-s3/src/prefetch/task.rs b/mountpoint-s3/src/prefetch/task.rs
index 1fb7edc63..45201008b 100644
--- a/mountpoint-s3/src/prefetch/task.rs
+++ b/mountpoint-s3/src/prefetch/task.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ impl<E: std::error::Error + Send + Sync> RequestTask<E> {
         self.remaining -= part.len();
 
         // We read some data out of the part queue so the read window should be moved
-        self.backpressure_controller.send_feedback(DataRead(part.len())).await?;
+        self.backpressure_controller
+            .send_feedback(DataRead(part.offset(), part.len()))
+            .await?;
 
         let next_offset = part.offset() + part.len() as u64;
         let remaining_in_queue = self.available_offset().saturating_sub(next_offset) as usize;