diff --git a/drivers/staging/asus_oled/asus_oled.c b/drivers/staging/asus_oled/asus_oled.c
index e77e4e0..2fdc5db 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/asus_oled/asus_oled.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/asus_oled/asus_oled.c
@@ -355,7 +355,14 @@
 
 static int append_values(struct asus_oled_dev *odev, uint8_t val, size_t count)
 {
-	while (count-- > 0 && val) {
+	odev->last_val = val;
+
+	if (val == 0) {
+		odev->buf_offs += count;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	while (count-- > 0) {
 		size_t x = odev->buf_offs % odev->width;
 		size_t y = odev->buf_offs / odev->width;
 		size_t i;
@@ -406,7 +413,6 @@
 			;
 		}
 
-		odev->last_val = val;
 		odev->buf_offs++;
 	}