diff --git a/util/led/extract.c b/util/led/extract.c
index f599996d..b03380be 100644
--- a/util/led/extract.c
+++ b/util/led/extract.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ process(head)
 	while (nsect--) {
 		if (sects->os_flen) {
 			/* contains non-zero stuff */
+			outhead.oh_nemit += outsp->os_size - outsp->os_flen;
 			outsp->os_flen = outsp->os_size + sects->os_flen;
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/util/led/scan.c b/util/led/scan.c
index 3e3dd101..e6987e64 100644
--- a/util/led/scan.c
+++ b/util/led/scan.c
@@ -302,9 +302,10 @@ putemitindex(sectindex, emitoff, allopiece)
 			while (zero--) *p++ = 0;
 		}
 		else	 return FALSE;
+		zero = 0;
 	}
 	zeros[allopiece - ALLOEMIT] =
-		((struct outsect *) modulptr(sectindex))->os_size - flen;
+	 zero + ((struct outsect *) modulptr(sectindex))->os_size - flen;
 	if ((emitindex = alloc(allopiece, flen)) != BADOFF) {
 		*(ind_t *)modulptr(emitoff) = emitindex;
 		return TRUE;