diff --git a/lib/zstd_decompress.c b/lib/zstd_decompress.c
index 2c1acab5e..2c3f560f1 100644
--- a/lib/zstd_decompress.c
+++ b/lib/zstd_decompress.c
@@ -818,8 +818,9 @@ static size_t ZSTD_decompressSequences(
         FSE_initDState(&(seqState.stateOffb), &(seqState.DStream), DTableOffb);
         FSE_initDState(&(seqState.stateML), &(seqState.DStream), DTableML);
 
-        for ( ; (BIT_reloadDStream(&(seqState.DStream)) <= BIT_DStream_completed) && nbSeq ; nbSeq--) {
+        for ( ; (BIT_reloadDStream(&(seqState.DStream)) <= BIT_DStream_completed) && nbSeq ; ) {
             size_t oneSeqSize;
+            nbSeq--;
             ZSTD_decodeSequence(&sequence, &seqState, mls);
 #if 0  /* for debug */
             {   U32 pos = (U32)(op-base);