diff --git a/src/file_gif.c b/src/file_gif.c
index 28520bf5..db02812e 100644
--- a/src/file_gif.c
+++ b/src/file_gif.c
@@ -83,7 +83,15 @@ static int header_check_gif(const unsigned char *buffer, const unsigned int buff
 static void file_check_gif(file_recovery_t *file_recovery)
 {
   const unsigned char gif_footer[2]= {0x00, 0x3b};
-  file_search_footer(file_recovery, gif_footer, sizeof(gif_footer), 0);
+  unsigned char buffer[2];
+  if(fseek(file_recovery->handle, file_recovery->calculated_file_size-2, SEEK_SET)<0 ||
+      fread(buffer, 2, 1, file_recovery->handle)!=1 ||
+      memcmp(buffer, gif_footer, sizeof(gif_footer))!=0)
+  {
+    file_recovery->file_size=0;
+    return;
+  }
+  file_recovery->file_size=file_recovery->calculated_file_size;
 }
 
 static data_check_t data_check_gif(const unsigned char *buffer, const unsigned int buffer_size, file_recovery_t *file_recovery)