diff --git a/gateway/blocks_backend.go b/gateway/blocks_backend.go
index 6d04d854d..d3979b583 100644
--- a/gateway/blocks_backend.go
+++ b/gateway/blocks_backend.go
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ func (bb *BlocksBackend) Get(ctx context.Context, path ImmutablePath, ranges ...
 		return md, nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Only a single range is supported
+	// Only a single range is supported in responses to HTTP Range Requests.
+	// When more than one is passed in the Range header, this library will
+	// return a response for the first one and ignores remaining ones.
 	var ra *ByteRange
 	if len(ranges) > 0 {
 		ra = &ranges[0]
@@ -170,10 +172,8 @@ func (bb *BlocksBackend) Get(ctx context.Context, path ImmutablePath, ranges ...
 			return ContentPathMetadata{}, nil, err
 		}
 
-		if ra != nil && ra.From != 0 {
-			if _, err := f.Seek(int64(ra.From), io.SeekStart); err != nil {
-				return ContentPathMetadata{}, nil, err
-			}
+		if err := seekToRangeStart(f, ra); err != nil {
+			return ContentPathMetadata{}, nil, err
 		}
 
 		return md, NewGetResponseFromReader(f, fileSize), nil
@@ -206,10 +206,8 @@ func (bb *BlocksBackend) Get(ctx context.Context, path ImmutablePath, ranges ...
 			return ContentPathMetadata{}, nil, err
 		}
 
-		if ra != nil && ra.From != 0 {
-			if _, err := file.Seek(int64(ra.From), io.SeekStart); err != nil {
-				return ContentPathMetadata{}, nil, err
-			}
+		if err := seekToRangeStart(file, ra); err != nil {
+			return ContentPathMetadata{}, nil, err
 		}
 
 		if s, ok := f.(*files.Symlink); ok {
diff --git a/gateway/serve_http_content.go b/gateway/serve_http_content.go
index c7c7ad976..2bb27ae04 100644
--- a/gateway/serve_http_content.go
+++ b/gateway/serve_http_content.go
@@ -451,9 +451,8 @@ func (i *handler) seekToStartOfFirstRange(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 			return false
 		}
 		if len(ranges) > 0 {
-			ra := ranges[0]
-			// Seek to start of first range
-			_, err := data.Seek(int64(ra.From), io.SeekStart)
+			ra := &ranges[0]
+			err = seekToRangeStart(data, ra)
 			if err != nil {
 				i.webError(w, r, fmt.Errorf("could not seek to location in range request: %w", err), http.StatusBadRequest)
 				return false
@@ -462,3 +461,12 @@ func (i *handler) seekToStartOfFirstRange(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 	}
 	return true
 }
+
+func seekToRangeStart(data io.Seeker, ra *ByteRange) error {
+	if ra != nil && ra.From != 0 {
+		if _, err := data.Seek(int64(ra.From), io.SeekStart); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}