diff --git a/src/emitterutils.cpp b/src/emitterutils.cpp
index 57f41ac38..d248ab6bb 100644
--- a/src/emitterutils.cpp
+++ b/src/emitterutils.cpp
@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@ bool WriteLiteralString(ostream_wrapper& out, const char* str, std::size_t size,
     size -= 1;
   } else { // 'keep'
     out << "|+\n";
-    size -= 1;
   }
   int codePoint;
   for (const char* i = str;
diff --git a/test/integration/emitter_test.cpp b/test/integration/emitter_test.cpp
index 8dc3d6d26..8085a7012 100644
--- a/test/integration/emitter_test.cpp
+++ b/test/integration/emitter_test.cpp
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ TEST_F(EmitterTest, LiteralWithAndWithoutTrailingEmptyLines) {
   out << BeginSeq;
   out << Literal << "A\nB";
   out << Literal << "A\nB\n";
+  out << Literal << "A\nB\n\n";
   out << Literal << "A\nB\n\n\n";
   out << "something";
   out << EndSeq;
@@ -462,6 +463,7 @@ TEST_F(EmitterTest, LiteralWithAndWithoutTrailingEmptyLines) {
       "- |-\n  A\n  B\n"
       "- |\n  A\n  B\n"
       "- |+\n  A\n  B\n\n\n"
+      "- |+\n  A\n  B\n\n\n\n"
       "- something");
 }