1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/loginutils/add-remove-shell.c b/loginutils/add-remove-shell.c
index 922b3333d..54b62c773 100644
--- a/loginutils/add-remove-shell.c
+++ b/loginutils/add-remove-shell.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int add_remove_shell_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 while ((line = xmalloc_fgetline(orig_fp)) != NULL) {
                         char **cpp = argv;
                         while (*cpp) {
-                                if (strcmp(*cpp, line) == 0) {
+                                if (*cpp != dont_add && strcmp(*cpp, line) == 0) {
                                         /* Old file has this shell name */
                                         if (REMOVE_SHELL) {
                                                 /* we are remove-shell */