1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c b/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
index 3b389cb6b..0e57673f1 100644
--- a/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
+++ b/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
@@ -300,12 +300,10 @@ int md5_sha1_sum_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                                 char *filename_ptr;
 
                                 count_total++;
-                                filename_ptr = strstr(line, "  ");
-                                /* handle format for binary checksums */
-                                if (filename_ptr == NULL) {
-                                        filename_ptr = strstr(line, " *");
-                                }
-                                if (filename_ptr == NULL) {
+                                filename_ptr = strchr(line, ' ');
+                                if (filename_ptr == NULL
+                                 || (filename_ptr[1] != ' ' && filename_ptr[1] != '*')
+                                ) {
                                         if (flags & FLAG_WARN) {
                                                 bb_simple_error_msg("invalid format");
                                         }