diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/view/edit.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/view/edit.hpp
index ab9503577..c542c1141 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/view/edit.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/view/edit.hpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct first_true<false, Conditions...> : std::integral_constant < int, 1 + firs
 /// well-formed sequence can continue with (Unicode, Table 3-7).
 NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE void check_utf8_bytewise(const unsigned char* p, std::size_t n, std::size_t i)
 {
-    for (; i < n;)
+    while (i < n)
     {
         const unsigned char c = p[i];
         if (c < 0x80)
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
index 864b6e1e3..594708671 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
@@ -3835,7 +3835,7 @@ struct first_true<false, Conditions...> : std::integral_constant < int, 1 + firs
 /// well-formed sequence can continue with (Unicode, Table 3-7).
 NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE void check_utf8_bytewise(const unsigned char* p, std::size_t n, std::size_t i)
 {
-    for (; i < n;)
+    while (i < n)
     {
         const unsigned char c = p[i];
         if (c < 0x80)