diff --git a/source/modules/juce_audio_basics/midi/juce_MidiBuffer.cpp b/source/modules/juce_audio_basics/midi/juce_MidiBuffer.cpp
index 1edf1dc56..ff87a47da 100644
--- a/source/modules/juce_audio_basics/midi/juce_MidiBuffer.cpp
+++ b/source/modules/juce_audio_basics/midi/juce_MidiBuffer.cpp
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ bool MidiBuffer::Iterator::getNextEvent (MidiMessage& result, int& samplePositio
     samplePosition = MidiBufferHelpers::getEventTime (data);
     const int numBytes = MidiBufferHelpers::getEventDataSize (data);
     result = MidiMessage (data + sizeof (int32) + sizeof (uint16), numBytes, samplePosition);
-    data += numBytes;
+    data += sizeof (int32) + sizeof (uint16) + numBytes;
 
     return true;
 }