1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/compare_string_array.c b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
index ede5a97e3..70a4c29cf 100644
--- a/libbb/compare_string_array.c
+++ b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
@@ -104,13 +104,19 @@ int FAST_FUNC index_in_str_array(const char *const string_array[], const char *k
 
 int FAST_FUNC index_in_strings(const char *strings, const char *key)
 {
-        int idx = 0;
+        int j, idx = 0;
 
         while (*strings) {
-                if (strcmp(strings, key) == 0) {
-                        return idx;
+                /* Do we see "key\0" at current position in strings? */
+                for (j = 0; *strings == key[j]; ++j) {
+                        if (*strings++ == '\0') {
+                                //bb_error_msg("found:'%s' i:%u", key, idx);
+                                return idx; /* yes */
+                        }
                 }
-                strings += strlen(strings) + 1; /* skip NUL */
+                /* No.  Move to the start of the next string. */
+                while (*strings++ != '\0')
+                        continue;
                 idx++;
         }
         return -1;