diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
index 412b6668fe9..2f7183a3eb2 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
@@ -258,16 +258,41 @@ impl Source {
                         return Ok(len);
                     }
                 }
-                match io::copy(&mut f.take(n), &mut io::sink()) {
-                    Ok(m) if m < n => {
+                // Get file length before seeking to avoid race condition
+                let file_len = f.metadata().map(|m| m.len()).unwrap_or(u64::MAX);
+                // Try seek first; fall back to read if not seekable
+                match n.try_into().ok().map(|n| f.seek(SeekFrom::Current(n))) {
+                    Some(Ok(pos)) => {
+                        if pos > file_len {
+                            show_error!(
+                                "{}",
+                                translate!("dd-error-cannot-skip-offset", "file" => "standard input")
+                            );
+                        }
+                        Ok(n)
+                    }
+                    // ESPIPE means the file descriptor is not seekable (e.g., a pipe),
+                    // so fall back to reading and discarding bytes
+                    Some(Err(e)) if e.raw_os_error() == Some(libc::ESPIPE) => {
+                        match io::copy(&mut f.take(n), &mut io::sink()) {
+                            Ok(m) if m < n => {
+                                show_error!(
+                                    "{}",
+                                    translate!("dd-error-cannot-skip-offset", "file" => "standard input")
+                                );
+                                Ok(m)
+                            }
+                            other => other,
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _ => {
                         show_error!(
                             "{}",
-                            translate!("dd-error-cannot-skip-offset", "file" => "standard input")
+                            translate!("dd-error-cannot-skip-invalid", "file" => "standard input")
                         );
-                        Ok(m)
+                        set_exit_code(1);
+                        Ok(0)
                     }
-                    Ok(m) => Ok(m),
-                    Err(e) => Err(e),
                 }
             }
             Self::File(f) => f.seek(SeekFrom::Current(n.try_into().unwrap())),
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs b/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
index a6a52e66fb5..bda10d615cf 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
@@ -669,6 +669,39 @@ fn test_skip_beyond_file() {
         );
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn test_skip_beyond_file_seekable_stdin() {
+    // When stdin is a seekable file, dd should use seek to skip bytes.
+    // This tests that skipping beyond the file size issues a warning.
+    use std::process::Stdio;
+
+    // Test cases: (bs, skip) pairs that skip beyond a 4-byte file
+    let test_cases = [
+        ("bs=1", "skip=5"), // skip 5 bytes
+        ("bs=3", "skip=2"), // skip 6 bytes
+    ];
+
+    for (bs, skip) in test_cases {
+        let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+        at.write("in", "abcd");
+
+        let stdin = OwnedFileDescriptorOrHandle::open_file(
+            OpenOptions::new().read(true),
+            at.plus("in").as_path(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        ucmd.args(&[bs, skip, "count=0", "status=noxfer"])
+            .set_stdin(Stdio::from(stdin))
+            .succeeds()
+            .no_stdout()
+            .stderr_contains(
+                "'standard input': cannot skip to specified offset\n0+0 records in\n0+0 records out\n",
+            );
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_seek_do_not_overwrite() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();