1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/make.c b/miscutils/make.c
index 4a8643a83..7336afdf3 100644
--- a/miscutils/make.c
+++ b/miscutils/make.c
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ readline(FILE *fd, int want_command)
                         while (isblank(*p))
                                 p++;
 
-                        if (*p != '\n' && *str != '#')
+                        if (*p != '\n' && (posix ? *str != '#' : *p != '#'))
                                 return str;
                 }