diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/result.h b/include/sqlpp11/result.h
index 58b0bd10..8c1bdae6 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/result.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/result.h
@@ -125,11 +125,16 @@ namespace sqlpp
         return *this;
       }
 
-      iterator operator++(int)
+      // It is quite difficult to implement a postfix increment operator that returns the old iterator
+      // because the underlying database results work in a stream fashion not allowing to return to
+      // previously-read rows.
+      //
+      // We need the postfix increment mostly for compatibility with C++20 ranges so we set the return
+      // type to "void" which is allowed for C++20 range iterators.
+      //
+      void operator++(int)
       {
-        auto previous_it = *this;
-        _result.next(_result_row.get());
-        return previous_it;
+        ++*this;
       }
 
       std::reference_wrapper<db_result_t> _result;