1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/procps/pidof.c b/procps/pidof.c
index 780504433..194239961 100644
--- a/procps/pidof.c
+++ b/procps/pidof.c
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ int pidof_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         /* fill omit list.  */
         {
                 llist_t *omits_p = omits;
-                while (omits_p) {
+                while (1) {
+                        omits_p = llist_find_str(omits_p, "%PPID");
+                        if (!omits_p)
+                                break;
                         /* are we asked to exclude the parent's process ID?  */
-                        if (strcmp(omits_p->data, "%PPID") == 0) {
-                                omits_p->data = utoa((unsigned)getppid());
-                        }
-                        omits_p = omits_p->link;
+                        omits_p->data = utoa((unsigned)getppid());
                 }
         }
 #endif