diff --git a/tr.c b/tr.c
index 38ea6a3..ad5c690 100644
--- a/tr.c
+++ b/tr.c
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ read:
 				else
 					goto write;
 			}
+			if (cflag)
+				goto write;
 			for (m = 0; m < i; m++)
 				off1 += rangelen(set1[m]);
 			off1 += r - set1[m].start;