diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 65e5691c..03a111ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sun Jan 23 01:00:09 CET 2005 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
+
+	* parser.c: small optimization back.
+
 Sat Jan 22 00:40:31 CET 2005 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
 
 	* dict.c parser.c include/libxml/dict.h: a single lock version
diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index a9961383..de3a5fbf 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -3189,6 +3189,7 @@ xmlParseCharData(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, int cdata) {
     int nbchar = 0;
     int line = ctxt->input->line;
     int col = ctxt->input->col;
+    int ccol;
 
     SHRINK;
     GROW;
@@ -3233,15 +3234,18 @@ get_more_space:
 		}
 		return;
 	    }
+
 get_more:
+            ccol = ctxt->input->col;
 	    while (((*in > ']') && (*in <= 0x7F)) ||
 	           ((*in > '&') && (*in < '<')) ||
 	           ((*in > '<') && (*in < ']')) ||
 		   ((*in >= 0x20) && (*in < '&')) ||
 		   (*in == 0x09)) {
 			in++;
-			ctxt->input->col++;
+			ccol++;
 		}
+	    ctxt->input->col = ccol;
 	    if (*in == 0xA) {
 		ctxt->input->line++; ctxt->input->col = 1;
 		in++;