diff --git a/ext/gd/libgd/gd_gif_in.c b/ext/gd/libgd/gd_gif_in.c
index ee987e8199f..1f697236107 100644
--- a/ext/gd/libgd/gd_gif_in.c
+++ b/ext/gd/libgd/gd_gif_in.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ GetCode_(gdIOCtx *fd, CODE_STATIC_DATA *scd, int code_size, int flag, int *ZeroD
 	if (flag) {
 		scd->curbit = 0;
 		scd->lastbit = 0;
-		scd->last_byte = 0;
+		scd->last_byte = 2;
 		scd->done = FALSE;
 		return 0;
 	}