diff --git a/Lib/zipfile.py b/Lib/zipfile.py
index b83e2c187eb033..f1fd5467520ed0 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile.py
@@ -721,7 +721,9 @@ def __init__(self, file, pos, close, lock, writing):
         self._lock = lock
         self._writing = writing
         self.seekable = file.seekable
-        self.tell = file.tell
+
+    def tell(self):
+        return self._pos
 
     def seek(self, offset, whence=0):
         with self._lock:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-03-19-19-56-04.bpo-42369.Ok828t.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-03-19-19-56-04.bpo-42369.Ok828t.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..86dc3a0b81b9c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-03-19-19-56-04.bpo-42369.Ok828t.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix thread safety of :meth:`zipfile._SharedFile.tell` to avoid a "zipfile.BadZipFile: Bad CRC-32 for file" exception when reading a :class:`ZipFile` from multiple threads.