1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/archival/gzip.c b/archival/gzip.c
index 18d795996..bc1f9c60b 100644
--- a/archival/gzip.c
+++ b/archival/gzip.c
@@ -442,19 +442,19 @@ static void put_16bit(ush w)
         *dst = (uch)w;
         w >>= 8;
 #else
-        *dst++ = (uch)w;
+        *dst = (uch)w;
         w >>= 8;
         if (outcnt < OUTBUFSIZ-2) {
                 /* Common case */
-                *dst = w;
+                dst[1] = w;
                 G1.outcnt = outcnt + 2;
                 return;
         }
 #endif
 
         /* Slowpath: we will need to do flush_outbuf() */
-        G1.outcnt++;
-        if (G1.outcnt == OUTBUFSIZ)
+        G1.outcnt = ++outcnt;
+        if (outcnt == OUTBUFSIZ)
                 flush_outbuf();
         put_8bit(w);
 }