diff --git a/internal/decoder/stream.go b/internal/decoder/stream.go
index c2746834..a33bec6c 100644
--- a/internal/decoder/stream.go
+++ b/internal/decoder/stream.go
@@ -423,7 +423,6 @@ func (s *Stream) skipValue(depth int64) error {
 					continue
 				} else if c == nul {
 					if s.read() {
-						s.cursor-- // for retry current character
 						_, cursor, p = s.stat()
 						continue
 					}