diff --git a/skeletons/NativeEnumerated.c b/skeletons/NativeEnumerated.c
index 12b079e1af4e1f327c7d67b3e55bfa6360ca9d1d..b6b47e139a241a8923e3a163473df8da68ead5be 100644
--- a/skeletons/NativeEnumerated.c
+++ b/skeletons/NativeEnumerated.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ NativeEnumerated_encode_uper(asn_TYPE_descriptor_t *td,
 	if(ct->flags & APC_EXTENSIBLE) {
 		if(per_put_few_bits(po, inext, 1))
 			_ASN_ENCODE_FAILED;
-		ct = 0;
+		if(inext) ct = 0;
 	} else if(inext) {
 		_ASN_ENCODE_FAILED;
 	}