1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/klogd.c b/sysklogd/klogd.c
index a1552ed13..25ddf3172 100644
--- a/sysklogd/klogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/klogd.c
@@ -275,10 +275,13 @@ int klogd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         priority = LOG_INFO;
                         if (*start == '<') {
                                 start++;
-                                if (*start)
-                                        priority = strtoul(start, &start, 10);
-                                if (*start == '>')
-                                        start++;
+                                if (*start) {
+                                        char *end;
+                                        priority = strtoul(start, &end, 10);
+                                        if (*end == '>')
+                                                end++;
+                                        start = end;
+                                }
                         }
                         /* Log (only non-empty lines) */
                         if (*start)