diff --git a/libretro-common/file/retro_file.c b/libretro-common/file/retro_file.c
index 0bdfdb6e04..5c081f4bb6 100644
--- a/libretro-common/file/retro_file.c
+++ b/libretro-common/file/retro_file.c
@@ -182,16 +182,10 @@ static bool retro_fread_iterate(RFILE *stream, char *s, size_t len, ssize_t *byt
 bool retro_fmemcpy(const char *path, char *s, size_t len, ssize_t *bytes_written)
 {
    RFILE *stream = retro_fopen(path, RFILE_MODE_READ, -1);
-   ssize_t bytes_written_this;
    if (!stream)
       return false;
 
-   *bytes_written = 0;
-   while(retro_fread_iterate(stream, s, len-1, &bytes_written_this))
-   {
-      *bytes_written += bytes_written_this;
-   }
-   *bytes_written += bytes_written_this;
+   while(retro_fread_iterate(stream, s, len-1, bytes_written));
 
    retro_fclose(stream);
    if (*bytes_written < 0)