diff --git a/tccgen.c b/tccgen.c
index 7d7cafc..168d1ec 100644
--- a/tccgen.c
+++ b/tccgen.c
@@ -4944,6 +4944,7 @@ static void decl_initializer_alloc(CType *type, AttributeDef *ad, int r,
 {
     int size, align, addr, data_offset;
     int level;
+    char *mem_bufptr;
     ParseState saved_parse_state = {0};
     TokenString init_str;
     Section *sec;
@@ -4991,9 +4992,11 @@ static void decl_initializer_alloc(CType *type, AttributeDef *ad, int r,
         save_parse_state(&saved_parse_state);
 
         macro_ptr = init_str.str;
+        mem_bufptr = file->buf_ptr;
         next();
         decl_initializer(type, NULL, 0, 1, 1);
         /* prepare second initializer parsing */
+        file->buf_ptr = mem_bufptr;
         macro_ptr = init_str.str;
         next();
         
@@ -5148,6 +5151,7 @@ static void decl_initializer_alloc(CType *type, AttributeDef *ad, int r,
         if (init_str.str) {
             tok_str_free(init_str.str);
             restore_parse_state(&saved_parse_state);
+            file->buf_ptr = mem_bufptr;
         }
     }
  no_alloc: ;