diff --git a/0002-journal-remember-last-direction-of-search-and-keep-o.patch b/0002-journal-remember-last-direction-of-search-and-keep-o.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d956170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0002-journal-remember-last-direction-of-search-and-keep-o.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+From 87011c25d96e9fbcd8a465ba758fa037c7d08203 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
+Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 22:28:05 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH 01/13] journal: remember last direction of search and keep
+ offset cache
+
+The fields in JournalFile are moved around to avoid wasting
+7 bytes because of alignment.
+---
+ TODO                       |  3 ---
+ src/journal/journal-file.h | 18 +++++++++++-------
+ src/journal/sd-journal.c   | 11 +++++------
+ 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
+index 0dd19a0..1dc585c 100644
+--- a/TODO
++++ b/TODO
+@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ Features:
+ 
+ * investigate endianess issues of UUID vs. GUID
+ 
+-* see if we can fix https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63672
+-  without dropping the location cache entirely.
+-
+ * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
+   should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
+ 
+diff --git a/src/journal/journal-file.h b/src/journal/journal-file.h
+index 7b1cd42..5cc2c2d 100644
+--- a/src/journal/journal-file.h
++++ b/src/journal/journal-file.h
+@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@ typedef struct JournalMetrics {
+         uint64_t keep_free;
+ } JournalMetrics;
+ 
++typedef enum direction {
++        DIRECTION_UP,
++        DIRECTION_DOWN
++} direction_t;
++
+ typedef struct JournalFile {
+         int fd;
+-        char *path;
+-        struct stat last_stat;
++
+         mode_t mode;
+ 
+         int flags;
+@@ -56,6 +60,11 @@ typedef struct JournalFile {
+ 
+         bool tail_entry_monotonic_valid;
+ 
++        direction_t last_direction;
++
++        char *path;
++        struct stat last_stat;
++
+         Header *header;
+         HashItem *data_hash_table;
+         HashItem *field_hash_table;
+@@ -90,11 +99,6 @@ typedef struct JournalFile {
+ #endif
+ } JournalFile;
+ 
+-typedef enum direction {
+-        DIRECTION_UP,
+-        DIRECTION_DOWN
+-} direction_t;
+-
+ int journal_file_open(
+                 const char *fname,
+                 int flags,
+diff --git a/src/journal/sd-journal.c b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
+index 3aa9ed4..4c4cc2d 100644
+--- a/src/journal/sd-journal.c
++++ b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
+@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ static void init_location(Location *l, LocationType type, JournalFile *f, Object
+         l->seqnum_set = l->realtime_set = l->monotonic_set = l->xor_hash_set = true;
+ }
+ 
+-static void set_location(sd_journal *j, LocationType type, JournalFile *f, Object *o, uint64_t offset) {
++static void set_location(sd_journal *j, LocationType type, JournalFile *f, Object *o,
++                         direction_t direction, uint64_t offset) {
+         assert(j);
+         assert(type == LOCATION_DISCRETE || type == LOCATION_SEEK);
+         assert(f);
+@@ -110,12 +111,10 @@ static void set_location(sd_journal *j, LocationType type, JournalFile *f, Objec
+ 
+         init_location(&j->current_location, type, f, o);
+ 
+-        if (j->current_file)
+-                j->current_file->current_offset = 0;
+-
+         j->current_file = f;
+         j->current_field = 0;
+ 
++        f->last_direction = direction;
+         f->current_offset = offset;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -811,7 +810,7 @@ static int next_beyond_location(sd_journal *j, JournalFile *f, direction_t direc
+         assert(j);
+         assert(f);
+ 
+-        if (f->current_offset > 0) {
++        if (f->last_direction == direction && f->current_offset > 0) {
+                 cp = f->current_offset;
+ 
+                 r = journal_file_move_to_object(f, OBJECT_ENTRY, cp, &c);
+@@ -908,7 +907,7 @@ static int real_journal_next(sd_journal *j, direction_t direction) {
+         if (r < 0)
+                 return r;
+ 
+-        set_location(j, LOCATION_DISCRETE, new_file, o, new_offset);
++        set_location(j, LOCATION_DISCRETE, new_file, o, direction, new_offset);
+ 
+         return 1;
+ }
+-- 
+1.8.2.1
+
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 678dfb4..b130073 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
 Version:        204
-Release:        7%{?gitcommit:.git%{gitcommit}}%{?dist}
+Release:        8%{?gitcommit:.git%{gitcommit}}%{?dist}
 # For a breakdown of the licensing, see README
 License:        LGPLv2+ and MIT and GPLv2+
 Summary:        A System and Service Manager
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Source4:        listen.conf
 Source6:        yum-protect-systemd.conf
 
 Patch1:         0001-journal-letting-interleaved-seqnums-go.patch
+Patch2:         0002-journal-remember-last-direction-of-search-and-keep-o.patch
 # kernel-install patch for grubby, drop if grubby is obsolete
 Patch1000:      kernel-install-grubby.patch
 
@@ -757,6 +758,10 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/gudev-1.0*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 14 2013 Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com> 204-8
+- fix, which helps to sucessfully browse journals with
+  duplicated seqnums
+
 * Fri Jun 14 2013 Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com> 204-7
 - fix duplicate message ID bug
 Resolves: rhbz#974132