diff --git a/block/badblocks.c b/block/badblocks.c
index 0ee3cbacb236902a66859e7e6b2797286c297c46..4c0f39625e892e80bfd7f0b1e339d2ea64522711 100644
--- a/block/badblocks.c
+++ b/block/badblocks.c
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ int badblocks_set(struct badblocks *bb, sector_t s, int sectors,
 			p[hi] = BB_MAKE(s, this_sectors, acknowledged);
 			sectors -= this_sectors;
 			s += this_sectors;
+			hi++;
 			changed = 1;
 		}
 	}