1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/read.c b/read.c
index 8478c8d..d4bfb9c 100644
--- a/read.c
+++ b/read.c
@@ -2242,16 +2242,19 @@ unescape_char (char *string, int c)
           l = e - s;
 
           if (*e != c || l%2 == 0)
-            /* It's not; just take it all without unescaping.  */
-            memcpy (p, s, l);
+	    {
+	      /* It's not; just take it all without unescaping.  */
+	      memcpy (p, s, l);
+	      p += l;
+	    }
           else if (l > 1)
             {
               /* It is, and there's >1 backslash.  Take half of them.  */
               l /= 2;
               memcpy (p, s, l);
+	      p += l;
             }
           s = e;
-          p += l;
         }
 
       *(p++) = *(s++);