diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/file/file.go b/internal/component/loki/source/file/file.go
index 5d35134c6ae..4c23db283f5 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/file/file.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/file/file.go
@@ -252,8 +252,6 @@ func New(o component.Options, args Arguments) (*Component, error) {
 func (c *Component) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	defer func() {
 		level.Info(c.opts.Logger).Log("msg", "loki.source.file component shutting down, stopping sources and positions file")
-		// We need to stop posFile first so we don't record entries we are draining
-		c.posFile.Stop()
 
 		// Start black hole drain routine to prevent deadlock when we call c.scheduler.Stop().
 		source.Drain(c.handler, func() {
@@ -264,6 +262,8 @@ func (c *Component) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 			close(c.handler.Chan())
 			c.mut.Unlock()
 		})
+
+		c.posFile.Stop()
 	}()
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/file/tailer.go b/internal/component/loki/source/file/tailer.go
index b02237412ce..5a9e6bd902f 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/file/tailer.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/file/tailer.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (t *tailer) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 	default:
 	}
 
-	err := t.initRun()
+	pos, err := t.initRun()
 	if err != nil {
 		// We are retrying tailers until the target has disappeared.
 		// We are mostly interested in this log if this happens directly when
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (t *tailer) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	go func() {
 		// readLines closes done on exit
-		t.readLines(done)
+		t.readLines(pos, done)
 		cancel()
 	}()
 
@@ -176,21 +176,21 @@ func (t *tailer) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 	t.stop(done)
 }
 
-func (t *tailer) initRun() error {
+func (t *tailer) initRun() (int64, error) {
 	fi, err := os.Stat(t.key.Path)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to tail file: %w", err)
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to tail file: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	pos, err := t.positions.Get(t.key.Path, t.key.Labels)
 	if err != nil {
 		switch t.onPositionsFileError {
 		case OnPositionsFileErrorSkip:
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get file position: %w", err)
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to get file position: %w", err)
 		case OnPositionsFileErrorRestartEnd:
 			pos, err = getLastLinePosition(t.key.Path)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to get last line position after positions error: %w", err)
+				return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to get last line position after positions error: %w", err)
 			}
 			level.Info(t.logger).Log("msg", "retrieved the position of the last line after positions error")
 		default:
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func (t *tailer) initRun() error {
 	if pos == 0 && t.legacyPositionUsed {
 		pos, err = t.positions.Get(t.key.Path, "{}")
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get file position with empty labels: %w", err)
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to get file position with empty labels: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -240,19 +240,19 @@ func (t *tailer) initRun() error {
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to tail the file: %w", err)
+		return pos, fmt.Errorf("failed to tail the file: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	t.file = tail
 
-	return nil
+	return pos, nil
 }
 
 // readLines reads lines from the tailed file by calling Next() in a loop.
 // It processes each line by sending it to the receiver's channel and updates
 // position tracking periodically. It exits when Next() returns an error,
 // this happens when the tail.File is stopped or or we have a unrecoverable error.
-func (t *tailer) readLines(done chan struct{}) {
+func (t *tailer) readLines(pos int64, done chan struct{}) {
 	level.Info(t.logger).Log("msg", "tail routine  started")
 
 	if t.decompression.Enabled && t.decompression.InitialDelay > 0 {
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ func (t *tailer) readLines(done chan struct{}) {
 	}
 
 	var (
+		lastOffset          = pos
 		entries             = t.receiver.Chan()
-		lastOffset          = int64(0)
 		positionInterval    = t.positions.SyncPeriod()
 		lastUpdatedPosition = time.Time{}
 	)