diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index f01ecdd4..0a40f0a8 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   bash_completion - some programmable completion functions for bash 2.05b
 #
-#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.493 2002/12/21 06:47:34 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.494 2002/12/22 18:29:34 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -3131,7 +3131,7 @@ _java()
 	for ((i=1; i < $COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
 		case ${COMP_WORDS[$i]} in
 		    -cp|-classpath)
-			i++ # skip the classpath string.
+			continue # skip the classpath string.
 			;;
 		    -*)
 			# this is an option, not a class/jarfile name.