diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/fgetws.c b/lib/libc/stdio/fgetws.c
index 9b7075d3c252..b6ef01e5c0af 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/fgetws.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/fgetws.c
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ fgetws(wchar_t * __restrict ws, int n, FILE * __restrict fp)
 			 * after the null.
 			 */
 			nconv++;
-			src = memchr(fp->_p, '\0', fp->_r) + 1;
+			src = memchr(fp->_p, '\0', fp->_r);
+			src++;
 		}
 		fp->_r -= (unsigned char *)src - fp->_p;
 		fp->_p = (unsigned char *)src;
diff --git a/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.c b/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.c
index 12789fd5619e..d24addd270a8 100644
--- a/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.c
+++ b/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.c
@@ -166,10 +166,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			p++;
 	} else if (!all) {
 		/* Skip the first line, since it is probably incomplete. */
-		p = memchr(p, '\n', ep - p) + 1;
+		p = memchr(p, '\n', ep - p);
+		p++;
 	}
 	for (; p < ep; p = nextp) {
-		nextp = memchr(p, '\n', ep - p) + 1;
+		nextp = memchr(p, '\n', ep - p);
+		nextp++;
 
 		/* Skip ^<[0-9]+> syslog sequences. */
 		if (*p == '<') {