diff --git a/src/cursor_ext.rs b/src/cursor_ext.rs
index bd5bc09..8fc0c44 100644
--- a/src/cursor_ext.rs
+++ b/src/cursor_ext.rs
@@ -46,21 +46,20 @@ pub trait WriteExt {
 impl<R: Read + Seek> ReadExt for R {
     #[inline]
     fn read_string(&mut self) -> Result<String, Error> {
+        let start_position = self.stream_position()?;
         match self.read_fstring()? {
             Some(str) => Ok(str),
-            None => Err(DeserializeError::InvalidString(0, self.stream_position()?))?,
+            None => Err(DeserializeError::InvalidString(0, start_position))?,
         }
     }
 
+    #[inline]
     fn read_fstring(&mut self) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
         let start_position = self.stream_position()?;
         let len = self.read_i32::<LittleEndian>()?;
 
         if !(-131072..=131072).contains(&len) {
-            Err(DeserializeError::InvalidString(
-                len,
-                self.stream_position()?,
-            ))?
+            Err(DeserializeError::InvalidString(len, start_position))?
         } else if len == 0 {
             Ok(None)
         } else if len < 0 {
diff --git a/tests/gvas_tests/test_cursor.rs b/tests/gvas_tests/test_cursor.rs
index 7b8a03d..1125ab1 100644
--- a/tests/gvas_tests/test_cursor.rs
+++ b/tests/gvas_tests/test_cursor.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ fn test_read_string() -> Result<(), Error> {
     // Null
     let mut cursor = Cursor::new(vec![0u8; 4]);
     let string = cursor.read_string().expect_err("Expected err").to_string();
-    assert_eq!(string, "Invalid string size 0 at position 0x4");
+    assert_eq!(string, "Invalid string size 0 at position 0x0");
 
     // Missing null terminator
     let mut cursor = Cursor::new(vec![1u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8, b't']);