1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 6af16f4bd..282656fe7 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ readTarHeader(struct TarHeader *rawHeader, struct TarInfo *header)
                 static int alreadyWarned=FALSE;
 
                 while (*(header->name) == '/')
-                        ++*(header->name);
+                        header->name++;
 
                 if (alreadyWarned == FALSE) {
                         error_msg("Removing leading '/' from member names");