diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/fputws.c b/lib/libc/stdio/fputws.c
index d9dc4dfbf21..fa8d31784e0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/fputws.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/fputws.c
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ fputws_l(const wchar_t * __restrict ws, FILE * __restrict fp, locale_t locale)
 	uio.uio_iov = &iov;
 	uio.uio_iovcnt = 1;
 	iov.iov_base = buf;
+	wsp = ws;
 	do {
-		wsp = ws;
 		nbytes = l->__wcsnrtombs(buf, &wsp, SIZE_T_MAX, sizeof(buf),
 		    &fp->_mbstate);
 		if (nbytes == (size_t)-1)