diff --git a/libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/algorithms/copy.hpp b/libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/algorithms/copy.hpp
index c1eca482f7b..58c7fd756a4 100644
--- a/libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/algorithms/copy.hpp
+++ b/libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/algorithms/copy.hpp
@@ -616,7 +616,10 @@ namespace hpx::parallel {
                     util::loop_n<std::decay_t<ExPolicy>>(part_begin, part_size,
                         [&dest](zip_iterator it) mutable {
                             if (get<1>(*it))
-                                *dest++ = get<0>(*it);
+                            {
+                                *dest = get<0>(*it);
+                                dest++;
+                            }
                         });
                 };