1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c b/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
index 78ec4e1131b9..b05d3902d363 100644
--- a/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
+++ b/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
@@ -403,15 +403,11 @@ int mpi_write_to_sgl(MPI a, struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned *nbytes,
 #error please implement for this limb size.
 #endif
                 if (lzeros) {
-                        mpi_limb_t *limb1 = (void *)p - sizeof(alimb);
-                        mpi_limb_t *limb2 = (void *)p - sizeof(alimb)
-                                + lzeros;
-                        *limb1 = *limb2;
                         y = lzeros;
                         lzeros = 0;
                 }
 
-                p = p - sizeof(alimb);
+                p = p - sizeof(alimb) + y;
 
                 for (x = 0; x < sizeof(alimb) - y; x++) {
                         if (!buf_len) {