# SDL\_mixer: Revert "mp3utils: \`zero8\` was only 2 bytes, but 8 are dereferenced, true to the name."

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**Created:** [April 4, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-mixer-revert-mp3utils-zero8-was-only-2-bytes-but-8-are-dereferenced-true-to-the-name/59059 "2025-04-04T18:24:39Z")\
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> <https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_mixer/commit/68764f35899e133b402336843c046d75136eaf08>
>
> This reverts commit 204751967a93ac896131d1f5e187c248218962a4.

```diff
From 68764f35899e133b402336843c046d75136eaf08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ozkan Sezer <[EMAIL REDACTED]>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 21:24:11 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "mp3utils: `zero8` was only 2 bytes, but 8 are
 dereferenced, true to the name."

This reverts commit 204751967a93ac896131d1f5e187c248218962a4.
---
 src/codecs/mp3utils.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/codecs/mp3utils.c b/src/codecs/mp3utils.c
index 9b4a49d45..fbb24ca9f 100644
--- a/src/codecs/mp3utils.c
+++ b/src/codecs/mp3utils.c
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ static bool parse_ape(Mix_MusicMetaTags *out_tags, struct mp3file_t *src, Sint64
 {
     Uint8 buffer[APE_BUFFER_SIZE + 1];
     Uint32 v, i, tag_size, tag_items_count, tag_item_size;
- Uint32 zero8[8] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+ Uint32 zero8[2] = {0, 0};
     Sint64 file_size, cur_tag;
     size_t read_size;
 

```