diff --git a/tools/js2c.py b/tools/js2c.py
index 772a0f5f695586..bbbccb289ad67e 100755
--- a/tools/js2c.py
+++ b/tools/js2c.py
@@ -150,9 +150,10 @@ def add_arg(str):
       result = macro.expand(mapping)
       # Replace the occurrence of the macro with the expansion
       lines = lines[:start] + result + lines[end:]
-      start = lines.find(name + '(', end)
+      start = lines.find(name + '(', start)
   return lines
 
+
 class TextMacro:
   def __init__(self, args, body):
     self.args = args