1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mailutils/sendmail.c b/mailutils/sendmail.c
index 346de2712..65895f0ec 100644
--- a/mailutils/sendmail.c
+++ b/mailutils/sendmail.c
@@ -166,9 +166,8 @@ static char *angle_address(char *str)
 {
         char *s, *e;
 
-        trim(str);
-        e = last_char_is(str, '>');
-        if (e) {
+        e = trim(str);
+        if (e != str && e[-1] == '>') {
                 s = strrchr(str, '<');
                 if (s) {
                         *e = '\0';