1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/compare_string_array.c b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
index 151b50817..ec7f94e79 100644
--- a/libbb/compare_string_array.c
+++ b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ int index_in_strings(const char *strings, const char *key)
 {
         int idx = 0;
 
-        while (strings[0]) {
+        while (*strings) {
                 if (strcmp(strings, key) == 0) {
                         return idx;
                 }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int index_in_substrings(const char *strings, const char *key)
 
         if (len) {
                 int idx = 0;
-                while (strings[0]) {
+                while (*strings) {
                         if (strncmp(strings, key, len) == 0) {
                                 return idx;
                         }