diff --git a/src/frontend_util.c b/src/frontend_util.c
index b6f5777..0eaa89a 100644
--- a/src/frontend_util.c
+++ b/src/frontend_util.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ bookmarkfs_load (
         xasprintf(&sym_name, MODULE_SYM_NAME("%s", "%s"), prefix, name);
     } else {
         xasprintf(&lib_name, "%.*s", (int)(sep - name), name);
-        xasprintf(&sym_name, "%s", ++sep);
+        xasprintf(&sym_name, "%s", sep + 1);
     }
 
     void const *impl   = NULL;