1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/dmesg.c b/util-linux/dmesg.c
index 6505da54b..81ba1c9d1 100644
--- a/util-linux/dmesg.c
+++ b/util-linux/dmesg.c
@@ -59,16 +59,15 @@ int dmesg_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 int last = '\n';
                 int in = 0;
 
-                /* Skip <#> at the start of lines */
+                /* Skip <[0-9]+> at the start of lines */
                 while (1) {
                         if (last == '\n' && buf[in] == '<') {
-                                in += 3;
-                                if (in >= len)
-                                        break;
+                                while (buf[in++] != '>' && in < len)
+                                        ;
+                        } else {
+                                last = buf[in++];
+                                putchar(last);
                         }
-                        last = buf[in];
-                        putchar(last);
-                        in++;
                         if (in >= len)
                                 break;
                 }