diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index b4a224ed76..08fa3f3b12 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -760,6 +760,17 @@ static int vmdk_open_sparse(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvChild *file, int flags,
     }
 }
 
+static const char *next_line(const char *s)
+{
+    while (*s) {
+        if (*s == '\n') {
+            return s + 1;
+        }
+        s++;
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
 static int vmdk_parse_extents(const char *desc, BlockDriverState *bs,
                               const char *desc_file_path, QDict *options,
                               Error **errp)
@@ -769,7 +780,7 @@ static int vmdk_parse_extents(const char *desc, BlockDriverState *bs,
     char access[11];
     char type[11];
     char fname[512];
-    const char *p = desc;
+    const char *p;
     int64_t sectors = 0;
     int64_t flat_offset;
     char *extent_path;
@@ -779,7 +790,7 @@ static int vmdk_parse_extents(const char *desc, BlockDriverState *bs,
     char extent_opt_prefix[32];
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-    while (*p) {
+    for (p = desc; *p; p = next_line(p)) {
         /* parse extent line in one of below formats:
          *
          * RW [size in sectors] FLAT "file-name.vmdk" OFFSET
@@ -791,7 +802,7 @@ static int vmdk_parse_extents(const char *desc, BlockDriverState *bs,
         matches = sscanf(p, "%10s %" SCNd64 " %10s \"%511[^\n\r\"]\" %" SCNd64,
                          access, &sectors, type, fname, &flat_offset);
         if (matches < 4 || strcmp(access, "RW")) {
-            goto next_line;
+            continue;
         } else if (!strcmp(type, "FLAT")) {
             if (matches != 5 || flat_offset < 0) {
                 error_setg(errp, "Invalid extent lines: \n%s", p);
@@ -813,7 +824,7 @@ static int vmdk_parse_extents(const char *desc, BlockDriverState *bs,
             (strcmp(type, "FLAT") && strcmp(type, "SPARSE") &&
              strcmp(type, "VMFS") && strcmp(type, "VMFSSPARSE")) ||
             (strcmp(access, "RW"))) {
-            goto next_line;
+            continue;
         }
 
         if (!path_is_absolute(fname) && !path_has_protocol(fname) &&
@@ -870,15 +881,6 @@ static int vmdk_parse_extents(const char *desc, BlockDriverState *bs,
             return -ENOTSUP;
         }
         extent->type = g_strdup(type);
-next_line:
-        /* move to next line */
-        while (*p) {
-            if (*p == '\n') {
-                p++;
-                break;
-            }
-            p++;
-        }
     }
     return 0;
 }