diff --git a/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc b/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc
index 1cd0e16cb..1a50bd02b 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc
@@ -2374,7 +2374,6 @@ void BlockBasedTable::RetrieveMultipleBlocks(
       req.scratch = new char[req.len];
     } else {
       req.scratch = scratch + buf_offset;
-      buf_offset += req.len;
     }
     req.status = IOStatus::OK();
     read_reqs.emplace_back(req);