1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/ar.c b/src/ar.c
index 9e8df120..04456c18 100644
--- a/src/ar.c
+++ b/src/ar.c
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ do_oper_extract (int oper, const char *arfname, char **argv, int argc,
 	  ENTRY entry;
 	  entry.key = arhdr->ar_name;
 	  ENTRY *res = hsearch (entry, FIND);
-	  if (res != NULL && (instance < 0 || instance-- == 0)
+	  if (res != NULL && (instance < 0 || --instance == 0)
 	      && !found[(char **) res->data - argv])
 	    found[(char **) res->data - argv] = do_extract = true;
 	}
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ do_oper_delete (const char *arfname, char **argv, int argc,
 	  ENTRY entry;
 	  entry.key = arhdr->ar_name;
 	  ENTRY *res = hsearch (entry, FIND);
-	  if (res != NULL && (instance < 0 || instance-- == 0)
+	  if (res != NULL && (instance < 0 || --instance == 0)
 	      && !found[(char **) res->data - argv])
 	    found[(char **) res->data - argv] = do_delete = true;
 	}