1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 513ff340c..9e24817b7 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -756,11 +756,11 @@ static void parse_inittab(void)
 
                 /* Skip leading spaces */
                 id = skip_whitespace(buf);
-                /* Skip the line if it's a comment */
-                if (*id == '#' || *id == '\n')
-                        continue;
                 /* Trim the trailing '\n' */
                 *strchrnul(id, '\n') = '\0';
+                /* Skip the line if it is a comment */
+                if (*id == '#' || *id == '\0')
+                        continue;
 
                 /* Line is: "id:runlevel_ignored:action:command" */
                 runlev = strchr(id, ':');