diff --git a/code/qcommon/vm_x86_64_assembler.c b/code/qcommon/vm_x86_64_assembler.c
index 76705c23..346680e1 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/vm_x86_64_assembler.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/vm_x86_64_assembler.c
@@ -68,10 +68,15 @@ static void _crap(const char* func, const char* fmt, ...)
 
 static void emit1(unsigned char v)
 {
+	int writecnt;
+	
 	if(assembler_pass)
 	{
 		out[compiledOfs++] = v;
-		if(fout) fwrite(&v, 1, 1, fout);
+
+		if(fout)
+			writecnt = fwrite(&v, 1, 1, fout);
+			
 		debug("%02hhx ", v);
 	}
 	else