diff --git a/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c b/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
index e925adadaf..754a8d2cf0 100644
--- a/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
+++ b/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
@@ -495,9 +495,10 @@ void string_remove_all_chars(char *s, char c)
 
    while (*read_ptr != '\0')
    {
-      *write_ptr = *read_ptr++;
-      if (*write_ptr != c)
-         write_ptr++;
+      /* Only write if the character is not the one to remove */
+      if (*read_ptr != c)
+         *write_ptr++ = *read_ptr;
+      read_ptr++;
    }
 
    *write_ptr = '\0';