diff --git a/Tests/LibC/TestScanf.cpp b/Tests/LibC/TestScanf.cpp
index 4291276a4d6..8efca5350c8 100644
--- a/Tests/LibC/TestScanf.cpp
+++ b/Tests/LibC/TestScanf.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ const TestSuite test_suites[] {
     { "%llu", "9223372036854775810", 1, 1, { unsignedlonglongarg0 }, { to_value_t(9223372036854775810ULL) } },
     { "%n", "", 0, 1, { intarg0 }, { to_value_t(0) } },
     { "%d %n", "1 a", 1, 2, { intarg0, intarg1 }, { to_value_t(1), to_value_t(2) } },
+    { "%*d", "  42", 0, 0, {}, {} },
 };
 
 bool g_any_failed = false;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibC/scanf.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibC/scanf.cpp
index 12e928a3760..70c21cb6533 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibC/scanf.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibC/scanf.cpp
@@ -555,61 +555,61 @@ extern "C" int vsscanf(const char* input, const char* format, va_list ap)
         case ConversionSpecifier::Decimal:
             if (!ReadElement<int, ReadKind::Normal> {}(length_modifier, input_lexer, ap_or_null))
                 format_lexer.consume_all();
-            else
+            else if (!suppress_assignment)
                 ++elements_matched;
             break;
         case ConversionSpecifier::Integer:
             if (!ReadElement<int, ReadKind::Infer> {}(length_modifier, input_lexer, ap_or_null))
                 format_lexer.consume_all();
-            else
+            else if (!suppress_assignment)
                 ++elements_matched;
             break;
         case ConversionSpecifier::Octal:
             if (!ReadElement<unsigned, ReadKind::Octal> {}(length_modifier, input_lexer, ap_or_null))
                 format_lexer.consume_all();
-            else
+            else if (!suppress_assignment)
                 ++elements_matched;
             break;
         case ConversionSpecifier::Unsigned:
             if (!ReadElement<unsigned, ReadKind::Normal> {}(length_modifier, input_lexer, ap_or_null))
                 format_lexer.consume_all();
-            else
+            else if (!suppress_assignment)
                 ++elements_matched;
             break;
         case ConversionSpecifier::Hex:
             if (!ReadElement<unsigned, ReadKind::Hex> {}(length_modifier, input_lexer, ap_or_null))
                 format_lexer.consume_all();
-            else
+            else if (!suppress_assignment)
                 ++elements_matched;
             break;
         case ConversionSpecifier::Floating:
             if (!ReadElement<float, ReadKind::Normal> {}(length_modifier, input_lexer, ap_or_null))
                 format_lexer.consume_all();
-            else
+            else if (!suppress_assignment)
                 ++elements_matched;
             break;
         case ConversionSpecifier::String:
             if (!ReadElement<char*, ReadKind::Normal> {}(length_modifier, input_lexer, ap_or_null))
                 format_lexer.consume_all();
-            else
+            else if (!suppress_assignment)
                 ++elements_matched;
             break;
         case ConversionSpecifier::UseScanList:
             if (!ReadElement<char*, ReadKind::Normal> { scanlist, invert_scanlist }(length_modifier, input_lexer, ap_or_null))
                 format_lexer.consume_all();
-            else
+            else if (!suppress_assignment)
                 ++elements_matched;
             break;
         case ConversionSpecifier::Character:
             if (!ReadElement<char, ReadKind::Normal> {}(length_modifier, input_lexer, ap_or_null))
                 format_lexer.consume_all();
-            else
+            else if (!suppress_assignment)
                 ++elements_matched;
             break;
         case ConversionSpecifier::Pointer:
             if (!ReadElement<void*, ReadKind::Normal> {}(length_modifier, input_lexer, ap_or_null))
                 format_lexer.consume_all();
-            else
+            else if (!suppress_assignment)
                 ++elements_matched;
             break;
         case ConversionSpecifier::OutputNumberOfBytes: {