1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index 84a2d7686..3ac5a81a5 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -443,10 +443,8 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep(void)
                         /* It's a dep description continuation */
                         p = line_buffer;
 
-                p = skip_whitespace(p);
-
                 /* p points to the first dependable module; if NULL, no dependable module */
-                if (p && *p) {
+                if (p && (p = skip_whitespace(p))[0] != '\0') {
                         char *end = &line_buffer[l-1];
                         const char *deps;
                         char *dep;