1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
index 64fd92f06..1ae25c919 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
@@ -394,7 +394,11 @@ void parse_dep_file(void *map, size_t len)
                         do p--; while (p != m && !isalnum((unsigned char)*p));
                         p++;
                 }
-                if (p == m) break;
+                if (p < m) {
+                        /* we've consumed the last filename of this list
+                           already.  */
+                        break;
+                }
                 memcpy(s, m, p-m); s[p-m] = 0;
                 if (strrcmp(s, "include/autoconf.h") &&
                     strrcmp(s, "arch/um/include/uml-config.h") &&