diff --git a/php/elFinder.class.php b/php/elFinder.class.php
index a1971c717..eb2ec9df3 100644
--- a/php/elFinder.class.php
+++ b/php/elFinder.class.php
@@ -2839,6 +2839,16 @@ class elFinder {
 		return $metadata['seekable'];
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Rewind stream resource
+	 * 
+	 * @param resource $resource
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function rewind($resource) {
+		self::isSeekableStream($resource) && rewind($resource);
+	}
+
     /**
      * serialize and base64_encode of session data (If needed)
      *
diff --git a/php/elFinderConnector.class.php b/php/elFinderConnector.class.php
index 6f2eda2f5..2819bec22 100644
--- a/php/elFinderConnector.class.php
+++ b/php/elFinderConnector.class.php
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class elFinderConnector {
 					}
 				}
 				if (is_null($psize)){
-					rewind($fp);
+					elFinder::rewind($fp);
 				}
 			} else {
 				header('Accept-Ranges: none');
diff --git a/php/elFinderVolumeMsSQL.class.php b/php/elFinderVolumeMsSQL.class.php
index 5d992b95e..b16f22971 100644
--- a/php/elFinderVolumeMsSQL.class.php
+++ b/php/elFinderVolumeMsSQL.class.php
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ class elFinderVolumeMsSQL extends elFinderVolumeDriver {
      * @author Dmitry Levashov
      */
 	protected function _setContent($path, $fp) {
-		rewind($fp);
+		elFinder::rewind($fp);
 		$fstat = fstat($fp);
 		$size = $fstat['size'];
 
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ class elFinderVolumeMsSQL extends elFinderVolumeDriver {
 		$h = !empty($stat['height']) ? $stat['height'] : 0;
 
 		$id = $this->_joinPath($dir, $name);
-		rewind($fp);
+		elFinder::rewind($fp);
 		$stat = fstat($fp);
 		$size = $stat['size'];
 		if (($tmpfile = tempnam($this->tmpPath, $this->id))) {
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ class elFinderVolumeMsSQL extends elFinderVolumeDriver {
 
 
 		$content = '';
-		rewind($fp);
+		elFinder::rewind($fp);
 		while (!feof($fp)) {
 			$content .= fread($fp, 8192);
 		}
diff --git a/php/elFinderVolumeMySQL.class.php b/php/elFinderVolumeMySQL.class.php
index b34605a7f..631294be2 100644
--- a/php/elFinderVolumeMySQL.class.php
+++ b/php/elFinderVolumeMySQL.class.php
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ class elFinderVolumeMySQL extends elFinderVolumeDriver {
      * @author Dmitry Levashov
      */
 	protected function _setContent($path, $fp) {
-		rewind($fp);
+		elFinder::rewind($fp);
 		$fstat = fstat($fp);
 		$size = $fstat['size'];
 		
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ class elFinderVolumeMySQL extends elFinderVolumeDriver {
 		$h = !empty($stat['height']) ? $stat['height'] : 0;
 		
 		$id = $this->_joinPath($dir, $name);
-		rewind($fp);
+		elFinder::rewind($fp);
 		$stat = fstat($fp);
 		$size = $stat['size'];
 		
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ class elFinderVolumeMySQL extends elFinderVolumeDriver {
 
 		
 		$content = '';
-		rewind($fp);
+		elFinder::rewind($fp);
 		while (!feof($fp)) {
 			$content .= fread($fp, 8192);
 		}