1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/procps/pgrep.c b/procps/pgrep.c
index 9773a72c4..adbdd08b7 100644
--- a/procps/pgrep.c
+++ b/procps/pgrep.c
@@ -270,16 +270,16 @@ int pgrep_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 if (!match) {
  again:
                         match = (regexec(&re_buffer, cmd, 1, re_match, 0) == 0);
+                        if (match && OPT_ANCHOR) {
+                                /* -x requires full string match */
+                                match = (re_match[0].rm_so == 0 && cmd[re_match[0].rm_eo] == '\0');
+                        }
                         if (!match && cmd != proc->comm) {
                                 /* if argv[] did not match, try comm */
                                 cmdlen = -1;
                                 cmd = proc->comm;
                                 goto again;
                         }
-                        if (match && OPT_ANCHOR) {
-                                /* -x requires full string match */
-                                match = (re_match[0].rm_so == 0 && cmd[re_match[0].rm_eo] == '\0');
-                        }
                 }
 
                 /* NB: OPT_INVERT is always 0 or 1 */