diff --git a/lib/archivers/zip/zip-archive-output-stream.js b/lib/archivers/zip/zip-archive-output-stream.js
index 9e04922b..f56cea93 100644
--- a/lib/archivers/zip/zip-archive-output-stream.js
+++ b/lib/archivers/zip/zip-archive-output-stream.js
@@ -263,14 +263,15 @@ ZipArchiveOutputStream.prototype._writeCentralDirectoryZip64 = function() {
 ZipArchiveOutputStream.prototype._writeCentralFileHeader = function(ae) {
   var gpb = ae.getGeneralPurposeBit();
   var method = ae.getMethod();
-  var offsets = ae._offsets;
+  var fileOffset = ae._offsets.file;
 
   var size = ae.getSize();
   var compressedSize = ae.getCompressedSize();
 
-  if (ae.isZip64() || offsets.file > constants.ZIP64_MAGIC) {
+  if (ae.isZip64() || fileOffset > constants.ZIP64_MAGIC) {
     size = constants.ZIP64_MAGIC;
     compressedSize = constants.ZIP64_MAGIC;
+    fileOffset = constants.ZIP64_MAGIC;
 
     ae.setVersionNeededToExtract(constants.MIN_VERSION_ZIP64);
 
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ ZipArchiveOutputStream.prototype._writeCentralFileHeader = function(ae) {
       zipUtil.getShortBytes(24),
       zipUtil.getEightBytes(ae.getSize()),
       zipUtil.getEightBytes(ae.getCompressedSize()),
-      zipUtil.getEightBytes(offsets.file)
+      zipUtil.getEightBytes(ae._offsets.file)
     ], 28);
 
     ae.setExtra(extraBuf);
@@ -336,11 +337,7 @@ ZipArchiveOutputStream.prototype._writeCentralFileHeader = function(ae) {
   this.write(zipUtil.getLongBytes(ae.getExternalAttributes()));
 
   // relative offset of LFH
-  if (offsets.file > constants.ZIP64_MAGIC) {
-    this.write(zipUtil.getLongBytes(constants.ZIP64_MAGIC));
-  } else {
-    this.write(zipUtil.getLongBytes(offsets.file));
-  }
+  this.write(zipUtil.getLongBytes(fileOffset));
 
   // name
   this.write(name);