1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/compare_string_array.c b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
index d15578ca3..077a280a2 100644
--- a/libbb/compare_string_array.c
+++ b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@ int index_in_substr_array(const char * const string_array[], const char *key)
 {
         int i;
         int len = strlen(key);
-        if (!len)
-                return -1;
-
-        for (i = 0; string_array[i] != 0; i++) {
-                if (strncmp(string_array[i], key, len) == 0) {
-                        return i;
+        if (len) {
+                for (i = 0; string_array[i] != 0; i++) {
+                        if (strncmp(string_array[i], key, len) == 0) {
+                                return i;
+                        }
                 }
         }
         return -1;