diff --git a/libraries/liblber/decode.c b/libraries/liblber/decode.c
index 9971195c88..d51f41ec53 100644
--- a/libraries/liblber/decode.c
+++ b/libraries/liblber/decode.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ber_get_tag( BerElement *ber )
 			return( LBER_DEFAULT );
 
 		tag << 8;
-		tag &= 0x00ffUL & (ber_tag_t) xbyte;
+		tag |= 0x00ffUL & (ber_tag_t) xbyte;
 
 		if ( ! (xbyte & LBER_MORE_TAG_MASK) )
 			break;
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ ber_get_tag( BerElement *ber )
 	if ( i == sizeof(ber_tag_t) )
 		return( LBER_DEFAULT );
 
-	/* want leading, not trailing 0's */
 	return tag;
 }