1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/coding.c b/src/coding.c
index 3ee2a7248cf..56dd5d5b803 100644
--- a/src/coding.c
+++ b/src/coding.c
@@ -5830,9 +5830,10 @@ detect_coding (coding)
                   if (eight_bit_found)
                     break;
                 }
-              coding->head_ascii++;
+              if (! eight_bit_found)
+                coding->head_ascii++;
             }
-          else
+          else if (! eight_bit_found)
             coding->head_ascii++;
         }
 
@@ -7707,9 +7708,10 @@ detect_coding_system (src, src_chars, src_bytes, highest, multibytep,
                   if (eight_bit_found)
                     break;
                 }
-              coding.head_ascii++;
+              if (! eight_bit_found)
+                coding.head_ascii++;
             }
-          else
+          else if (! eight_bit_found)
             coding.head_ascii++;
         }