diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar_bz2.c b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar_bz2.c
index 8f7f83fc2..6d4f5851e 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar_bz2.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar_bz2.c
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ char get_header_tar_bz2(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
 
 	archive_handle->src_fd = open_transformer(archive_handle->src_fd, unpack_bz2_stream, "bunzip2", "bunzip2", "-cf", "-", NULL);
 	archive_handle->offset = 0;
-	while (get_header_tar(archive_handle) == EXIT_SUCCESS) /**/;
+	while (get_header_tar(archive_handle) == EXIT_SUCCESS)
+		continue;
 
 	/* Can only do one file at a time */
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar_gz.c b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar_gz.c
index a99061411..4b9e793bb 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar_gz.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar_gz.c
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ char get_header_tar_gz(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
 
 	archive_handle->src_fd = open_transformer(archive_handle->src_fd, unpack_gz_stream, "gunzip", "gunzip", "-cf", "-", NULL);
 	archive_handle->offset = 0;
-	while (get_header_tar(archive_handle) == EXIT_SUCCESS) /**/;
+	while (get_header_tar(archive_handle) == EXIT_SUCCESS)
+		continue;
 
 	/* Can only do one file at a time */
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar_lzma.c b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar_lzma.c
index f0e45f2c5..cf73824e3 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar_lzma.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar_lzma.c
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ char get_header_tar_lzma(archive_handle_t * archive_handle)
 
 	archive_handle->src_fd = open_transformer(archive_handle->src_fd, unpack_lzma_stream, "unlzma", "unlzma", "-cf", "-", NULL);
 	archive_handle->offset = 0;
-	while (get_header_tar(archive_handle) == EXIT_SUCCESS) /**/;
+	while (get_header_tar(archive_handle) == EXIT_SUCCESS)
+		continue;
 
 	/* Can only do one file at a time */
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index e0d4daff7..45fa4bd79 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static char get_header_tar_Z(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
 	archive_handle->src_fd = open_transformer(archive_handle->src_fd, uncompress, "uncompress", "uncompress", "-cf", "-", NULL);
 	archive_handle->offset = 0;
 	while (get_header_tar(archive_handle) == EXIT_SUCCESS)
-		/* nothing */;
+		continue;
 
 	/* Can only do one file at a time */
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;