diff --git a/lib/content_encoding.c b/lib/content_encoding.c
index 69aa7bcc657806757f9e9cccfddf4923ab2265a8..a7511af7e9e20b78cb5d4a16b55234c0f13d2b32 100644
--- a/lib/content_encoding.c
+++ b/lib/content_encoding.c
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ static enum {
       return GZIP_UNDERFLOW;
 
     len -= 2;
-    data += 2;
   }
 
   *headerlen = totallen - len;