1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/fgets_str.c b/libbb/fgets_str.c
index 33d8d00cc..7d41d72f1 100644
--- a/libbb/fgets_str.c
+++ b/libbb/fgets_str.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ char *fgets_str(FILE *file, const char *terminating_string)
                        break;
                }
        }
-        if (idx == 0) {
+        if (idx == 0 || linebuf[0] == '\n') {
                return NULL;
        }
        linebuf[idx] = '\0';

diff --git a/libbb/fgets_str.c b/libbb/fgets_str.c index 33d8d00cc..7d41d72f1 100644 --- a/libbb/fgets_str.c +++ b/libbb/fgets_str.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ char fgets_str(FILE file, const char *terminating_string)
55	break;	55	break;
56	}	56	}
57	}	57	}
58	if (idx == 0) {	58	if (idx == 0 \|\| linebuf[0] == '\n') {
59	return NULL;	59	return NULL;
60	}	60	}
61	linebuf[idx] = '\0';	61	linebuf[idx] = '\0';