diff -urNp tar-1.22-orig/src/xheader.c tar-1.22/src/xheader.c
--- tar-1.22-orig/src/xheader.c	2009-11-23 15:29:22.000000000 +0100
+++ tar-1.22/src/xheader.c	2009-11-23 15:30:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -722,7 +722,6 @@ xheader_read (struct xheader *xhdr, unio
 {
   size_t j = 0;
 
-  xheader_init (xhdr);
   size += BLOCKSIZE;
   xhdr->size = size;
   xhdr->buffer = xmalloc (size + 1);