diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index dbaa4f9..fce5d03 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 VDR Plugin 'streamdev' Revision History
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+- Use fileno() to retrieve the fd from a FILE structure (submitted by an
+  anonymous user)
 - New special meaning "show current channel" when channel 0 is requested.
   Applies to HTTP streaming only (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
 - Added streamdev-client support for upcoming streamdev-server versions
diff --git a/server/recplayer.c b/server/recplayer.c
index 384ac13..35de2b3 100644
--- a/server/recplayer.c
+++ b/server/recplayer.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ unsigned long RecPlayer::getBlock(unsigned char* buffer, uint64_t position, unsi
     if (fread(&buffer[got], getFromThisSegment, 1, file) != 1) return 0; // umm, big problem.
 
     // Tell linux not to bother keeping the data in the FS cache
-    posix_fadvise(file->_fileno, filePosition, getFromThisSegment, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
+    posix_fadvise(fileno(file), filePosition, getFromThisSegment, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
 
     got += getFromThisSegment;
     currentPosition += getFromThisSegment;