diff --git a/pdfio-stream.c b/pdfio-stream.c
index 3dfeb58..c5825d6 100644
--- a/pdfio-stream.c
+++ b/pdfio-stream.c
@@ -1090,10 +1090,8 @@ stream_get_bytes(
         else
         {
           memcpy(bufptr, st->a85decptr, bytes);
-          bufptr        += bytes;
           rbytes        += (ssize_t)bytes;
           st->a85decptr += bytes;
-          bytes         = 0;
           break;
         }
       }