diff --git a/src/Encoding.cpp b/src/Encoding.cpp
index 1f7665ff2e..ff83ab8c13 100644
--- a/src/Encoding.cpp
+++ b/src/Encoding.cpp
@@ -728,6 +728,7 @@ docstring Encodings::fromLaTeXCommand(docstring const & cmd, int cmdtype,
 				// after its base
 				symbols += a;
 				symbols += combining->first;
+				i = j + 1;
 				unicmd_size = 2;
 			}
 		}