diff --git a/src/datatypes/compiler-minecraft.js b/src/datatypes/compiler-minecraft.js
index 8a252a7c..e74e8d7f 100644
--- a/src/datatypes/compiler-minecraft.js
+++ b/src/datatypes/compiler-minecraft.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ if (n !== 0) {
 if (${baseName} != null) {
   offset = ${compiler.callType(`${baseName} + 1`, 'varint')}
 } else if (${otherwiseName}) {
-  offset += 1
+  offset = ${compiler.callType(0, 'varint')}
   offset = ${compiler.callType(`${otherwiseName}`, opts.otherwise.type)}
 } else {
   throw new Error('registryEntryHolder type requires "${baseName}" or "${otherwiseName}" fields to be set')
diff --git a/test/registryEntryHolderTest.js b/test/registryEntryHolderTest.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac367242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/registryEntryHolderTest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* eslint-env mocha */
+const assert = require('assert')
+const { createSerializer, createDeserializer } = require('../src/transforms/serializer')
+
+// A consumable component with an inline sound event: holder id 0 followed by the event.
+const version = '1.21.4'
+const sword = {
+  itemCount: 1,
+  itemId: 854,
+  addedComponentCount: 1,
+  removedComponentCount: 0,
+  components: [{
+    type: 'consumable',
+    data: {
+      consume_seconds: 3600,
+      animation: 'block',
+      sound: { data: { soundName: 'minecraft:intentionally_empty', fixedRange: undefined } },
+      makes_particles: false,
+      effects: []
+    }
+  }],
+  removeComponents: []
+}
+
+describe('registryEntryHolder', () => {
+  const serializer = createSerializer({ state: 'play', isServer: false, version })
+  const deserializer = createDeserializer({ state: 'play', isServer: false, version })
+
+  // The buffer is 0xff-filled: a byte the writer skips stays 0xff.
+  function write (value) {
+    const buffer = Buffer.alloc(serializer.proto.sizeOf(value, 'Slot'), 0xff)
+    const end = serializer.proto.write(value, buffer, 0, 'Slot')
+    assert.strictEqual(end, buffer.length, 'sizeOf and write disagree')
+    return buffer
+  }
+
+  it('writes the 0 holder id in front of an inline entry', () => {
+    const buffer = write(sword)
+    // count, item id, added, removed, component type, consume_seconds (f32), animation, then the holder id
+    const holderIdOffset = 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1
+    assert.strictEqual(buffer[holderIdOffset], 0, 'holder id byte: ' + buffer.toString('hex'))
+  })
+
+  it('round-trips an inline entry', () => {
+    const buffer = write(sword)
+    const parsed = deserializer.proto.parsePacketBuffer('Slot', buffer)
+    assert.strictEqual(parsed.metadata.size, buffer.length)
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(parsed.data.components[0].data.sound, { data: { soundName: 'minecraft:intentionally_empty', fixedRange: undefined } })
+  })
+
+  it('writes id + 1 for a registry entry', () => {
+    const registry = { ...sword, components: [{ type: 'consumable', data: { ...sword.components[0].data, sound: { soundId: 5 } } }] }
+    const buffer = write(registry)
+    assert.strictEqual(buffer[1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1], 6)
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(deserializer.proto.parsePacketBuffer('Slot', buffer).data.components[0].data.sound, { soundId: 5 })
+  })
+})