diff --git a/lib/libarchive/archive_read_support_compression_none.c b/lib/libarchive/archive_read_support_compression_none.c
index 07368b2ca874..99586c064306 100644
--- a/lib/libarchive/archive_read_support_compression_none.c
+++ b/lib/libarchive/archive_read_support_compression_none.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ archive_decompressor_none_skip(struct archive_read *a, off_t request)
 		const void* dummy_buffer;
 		ssize_t bytes_read;
 		bytes_read = archive_decompressor_none_read_ahead(a,
-		    &dummy_buffer, request);
+		    &dummy_buffer, 1);
 		if (bytes_read < 0)
 			return (bytes_read);
 		if (bytes_read == 0) {