diff --git a/programs/fs/opendial/opendial.asm b/programs/fs/opendial/opendial.asm
index 9fdbbbde6c..13ffb978a8 100644
--- a/programs/fs/opendial/opendial.asm
+++ b/programs/fs/opendial/opendial.asm
@@ -1985,7 +1985,6 @@ search_expansion:
 	
 	add	esi,2
 	sub	ebx,esi
-	dec	ebx
 	mov	[expansion_length],ebx
 	cld
 	xor	eax,eax