diff --git a/pdf.c b/pdf.c
index 60feefebeeb810adf3255571609989edb9e96c42..c5bb67a57276798443598e073dd7b49c2da04039 100644
--- a/pdf.c
+++ b/pdf.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ kxstream(HAllocator *mm__, const HParsedToken *x, void *env)
 		}
 	}
 	p_entry = h_sequence__m(mm__, p_field[0], p_field[1], p_field[2],
-	    h_skip__m(mm__, Wskip), NULL);
+	    h_skip__m(mm__, Wskip * 8), NULL);
 
 	/* Index (optional) - subsections [base count ...] */
 	v = dictentry(dict, "Index");