diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index bb2fac3b..36bc26a0 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 1.621 2003/09/11 00:50:30 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.622 2003/09/11 23:04:10 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -3441,7 +3441,7 @@ _java()
 	for ((i=1; i < $COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
 		case ${COMP_WORDS[$i]} in
 		    -cp|-classpath)
-			break	# skip the classpath string.
+			((i++))	# skip the classpath string.
 			;;
 		    -*)
 			# this is an option, not a class/jarfile name.