diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WavAudioFormat.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WavAudioFormat.cpp
index 7461dcd480..1da4e0379e 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WavAudioFormat.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WavAudioFormat.cpp
@@ -1007,10 +1007,7 @@ private:
     void writeHeader()
     {
         if ((bytesWritten & 1) != 0) // pad to an even length
-        {
-            ++bytesWritten;
             output->writeByte (0);
-        }
 
         using namespace WavFileHelpers;