diff --git a/src/common/inbound.c b/src/common/inbound.c
index 4e93b3cd..b9503ddb 100644
--- a/src/common/inbound.c
+++ b/src/common/inbound.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ inbound_nameslist (server *serv, char *chan, char *names,
 			/* Ignore prefixes so '!' won't cause issues */
 			while (strchr (serv->nick_prefixes, *nopre_name) != NULL)
 			{
-				*nopre_name++;
+				nopre_name++;
 				offset++;
 			}