diff --git a/src/write.rs b/src/write.rs
index e6737f0c..87691b34 100644
--- a/src/write.rs
+++ b/src/write.rs
@@ -1761,9 +1761,8 @@ fn write_local_file_header<T: Write>(writer: &mut T, file: &ZipFileData) -> ZipR
     }
     match extra_field_length.try_into::<u16>() {
         Ok(length_u16) => writer.write_u16_le(length_u16)?,
-        Err(_) => return ZipError::InvalidArchive("Extra field is too long"),
+        Err(_) => return Err(ZipError::InvalidArchive("Extra field is too long")),
     }
-    writer.write_u16_le(extra_field_length.try_into().map_err(|_| ZipError))?;
     // file name
     writer.write_all(&file.file_name_raw)?;
     // zip64 extra field