1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/common/stringop.c b/common/stringop.c
index f8b7aaec..8af0d60f 100644
--- a/common/stringop.c
+++ b/common/stringop.c
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ void strip_whitespace(char *str) {
         size_t start = strspn(str, whitespace);
         memmove(str, &str[start], len + 1 - start);
 
-        if (!*str) return;
-
-        for (len -= start + 1; isspace(str[len]); --len) {}
-        str[len + 1] = '\0';
+        if (*str) {
+                for (len -= start + 1; isspace(str[len]); --len) {}
+                str[len + 1] = '\0';
+        }
 }
 
 void strip_quotes(char *str) {