diff --git a/top/top.1 b/top/top.1
index 7f19f601..0096f904 100644
--- a/top/top.1
+++ b/top/top.1
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 .TH TOP 1 "May 2020" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.nh
 
 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 .SH NAME
diff --git a/top/top.c b/top/top.c
index 9c6f869e..9ac3a454 100644
--- a/top/top.c
+++ b/top/top.c
@@ -5846,11 +5846,10 @@ static int cpu_unify (CPU_t *cpu, int nobuf) {
       snprintf(pfx, sizeof(pfx), "%-7.7s:", fmtmk("%d-%d", beg, cpu->id));
       n = cpu_tics(&accum, pfx, nobuf);
       memset(&accum, 0, sizeof(CPU_t));
-      ix = beg = 0;
+      ix = 0;
       return n;
    }
    ++ix;
-
    return 0;
 } // end: cpu_unify