--- a/src/convert_recode.c
+++ b/src/convert_recode.c
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ convert_recode(File *file,
       return ERR_IOFAIL;
     file->buffer->pos = 0;
 
-    if ((tempfile = file_temporary(file->buffer, 1)) == NULL
+    /* We do not unlink tempfile, because we want to reopen it later */
+    if ((tempfile = file_temporary(file->buffer, 0)) == NULL
         || file_seek(file, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) {
       file_free(tempfile);
       return ERR_IOFAIL;
@@ -112,9 +113,20 @@ convert_recode(File *file,
     task->fail_level = enca_recode_fail_level;
     task->abort_level = RECODE_SYSTEM_ERROR;
     task->input.name = NULL;
-    task->input.file = file->stream;
     task->output.name = NULL;
-    task->output.file = tempfile->stream;
+    /* recode_perform_task closes given streams, so we need to duplicate them */
+    task->input.file = fopen(file->name, "rb");
+    if (task->input.file == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "failed to reopen `%s'\n", file->name);
+        file_free(tempfile);
+        return ERR_IOFAIL;
+    }
+    task->output.file = fopen(tempfile->name, "wb");
+    if (task->input.file == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "failed to reopen `%s'\n", tempfile->name);
+        file_free(tempfile);
+        return ERR_IOFAIL;
+    }
 
     /* Now run conversion original -> temporary file. */
     success = recode_perform_task(task);