diff --git a/src/interface.c b/src/interface.c
index 92342b94b..23e4fcb22 100644
--- a/src/interface.c
+++ b/src/interface.c
@@ -5492,26 +5492,31 @@ int chacha20_parse_hash (u8 *input_buf, u32 input_len, hash_t *hash_buf, MAYBE_U
 
   salt_t *salt = (salt_t *) hash_buf->salt;
 
-  u8 *position_marker = (u8 *) strchr ((const char *) input_buf, '*') + 1;
+  u8 *position_marker = (u8 *) strchr ((const char *) input_buf, '*');
   if (position_marker == NULL) return (PARSER_SEPARATOR_UNMATCHED);
+  position_marker++;
   if (is_valid_hex_string (position_marker, 16) == false) return (PARSER_SALT_ENCODING);
 
-  u8 *offset_marker = (u8 *) strchr ((const char *) position_marker, '*') + 1;
+  u8 *offset_marker = (u8 *) strchr ((const char *) position_marker, '*');
   if (offset_marker == NULL) return (PARSER_SEPARATOR_UNMATCHED);
+  offset_marker++;
 
   int offset = atoi ((char*) offset_marker);
   if (offset > 63) return (PARSER_SALT_VALUE);
 
-  u8 *iv_marker = (u8 *) strchr ((const char *) offset_marker, '*') + 1;
+  u8 *iv_marker = (u8 *) strchr ((const char *) offset_marker, '*');
   if (iv_marker == NULL) return (PARSER_SEPARATOR_UNMATCHED);
+  iv_marker++;
   if (is_valid_hex_string (iv_marker, 16) == false) return (PARSER_SALT_ENCODING);
 
-  u8 *plain_marker = (u8 *) strchr ((const char *) iv_marker, '*') + 1;
+  u8 *plain_marker = (u8 *) strchr ((const char *) iv_marker, '*');
   if (plain_marker == NULL) return (PARSER_SEPARATOR_UNMATCHED);
+  plain_marker++;
   if (is_valid_hex_string (plain_marker, 16) == false) return (PARSER_SALT_ENCODING);
 
-  u8 *cipher_marker = (u8 *) strchr ((const char *) plain_marker, '*') + 1;
+  u8 *cipher_marker = (u8 *) strchr ((const char *) plain_marker, '*');
   if (cipher_marker == NULL) return (PARSER_SEPARATOR_UNMATCHED);
+  cipher_marker++;
   if (is_valid_hex_string (cipher_marker, 16) == false) return (PARSER_SALT_ENCODING);
 
   chacha20->iv[0] = hex_to_u32 ((const u8 *) iv_marker + 8);