1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/rpm2cpio.sh b/scripts/rpm2cpio.sh
index 876c53c5d9..7cd771bbe7 100755
--- a/scripts/rpm2cpio.sh
+++ b/scripts/rpm2cpio.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ calcsize() {
 
         i=0
         while [ $i -lt 8 ]; do
-                b="$(_dd $(($offset + $i)) bs=1 count=1)"
+                b=$(_dd $(($offset + $i)) bs=1 count=1; echo X)
+                b=${b%X}
                 [ -z "$b" ] &&
                         b="0" ||
                         b="$(exec printf '%u\n' "'$b")"