diff --git a/src/pulse/utf8.c b/src/pulse/utf8.c
index 9dddf4a3f..fe7bcd264 100644
--- a/src/pulse/utf8.c
+++ b/src/pulse/utf8.c
@@ -148,12 +148,9 @@ ONE_REMAINING:
 
             if (o) {
                 memcpy(o, last, (size_t) size);
-                o += size - 1;
+                o += size;
             }
 
-            if (o)
-                o++;
-
             continue;
 
 error: