From aa90b0fb4a5b7d644e61a1ec470f3a8fbd4eaa0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pip Cet <pipcet@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:33:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Count characters correctly in 'str_as_multibyte'

* src/character.c (str_as_multibyte): Increment CHARS for each
character produced, not just once.
---
 src/character.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/character.c b/src/character.c
index 95af6c3eb0c..6347617d508 100644
--- a/src/character.c
+++ b/src/character.c
@@ -637,8 +637,8 @@ str_as_multibyte (unsigned char *str, ptrdiff_t len, ptrdiff_t nbytes,
 	      c = BYTE8_TO_CHAR (c);
 	      to += CHAR_STRING (c, to);
 	    }
+	  chars++;
 	}
-      chars++;
     }
   while (p < endp)
     {