diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 88e752e2d..e82b3a79c 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ int parse_csv_file(const char *filename, char **params, int pnr, const char *csv
 		if (ptr)
 			ptr = strstr(ptr, NL);
 		if (ptr)
-			ptr + strlen(NL);
+			ptr += strlen(NL);
 
 		/* Move the CSV data to the start of mem buffer */
 		memmove(mem.buffer, ptr, mem.size - (ptr - (char*)mem.buffer));