diff --git a/lib/stdio/vsscanf.c b/lib/stdio/vsscanf.c
index 102ad3a0..4573bc01 100644
--- a/lib/stdio/vsscanf.c
+++ b/lib/stdio/vsscanf.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*-comment-start: "//";comment-end:""-*-
  * GNU Mes --- Maxwell Equations of Software
- * Copyright © 2017,2018 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
+ * Copyright © 2017,2018,2019 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
  *
  * This file is part of GNU Mes.
  *
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ vsscanf (char const *s, char const *template, va_list ap)
             {
               float *f = va_arg (ap, float *);
               *f = strtod (p, &p);
+              count++;
+              break;
             }
           default:
             {