diff --git a/direct/src/dcparser/dcFile.cxx b/direct/src/dcparser/dcFile.cxx
index 5d4bb0c5bf..004cc12b06 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparser/dcFile.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/dcFile.cxx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ read_all() {
 
   // Load the DC files in opposite order, because we want to load the
   // least-important (most fundamental) files first.
-  for (int i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+  for (int i = size - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
     string dc_file = ExecutionEnvironment::expand_string(dc_files[i]);
     Filename filename = Filename::from_os_specific(dc_file);
     if (!read(filename)) {