1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/patch.c b/editors/patch.c
index 4d1425edc..11b2f2587 100644
--- a/editors/patch.c
+++ b/editors/patch.c
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ static char *extract_filename(char *line, int patch_level)
 
         /* skip over (patch_level) number of leading directories */
         for (i = 0; i < patch_level; i++) {
-                if(!(temp = strchr(filename_start_ptr, '/'))) break;
+                temp = strchr(filename_start_ptr, '/');
+                if (!temp)
+                        break;
                 filename_start_ptr = temp + 1;
         }