diff --git a/tools/compresSmol/compressAlgo.cpp b/tools/compresSmol/compressAlgo.cpp
index 261abcf24a..36d4cbfadd 100644
--- a/tools/compresSmol/compressAlgo.cpp
+++ b/tools/compresSmol/compressAlgo.cpp
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ void getUIntVecFromData(CompressedImage *pImage, std::vector<unsigned int> *pOut
             }
         }
     }
-    if (currOffset != 0)
+    if (currOffset % 4 != 0)
         pOutput->push_back(currInt);
 }