1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/shell/shell_common.c b/shell/shell_common.c
index 12c4a073c..42c4c9c97 100644
--- a/shell/shell_common.c
+++ b/shell/shell_common.c
@@ -209,8 +209,6 @@ shell_builtin_read(struct builtin_read_params *params)
                 }
 
                 c = buffer[bufpos];
-                if (c == '\0')
-                        continue;
                 if (!(read_flags & BUILTIN_READ_RAW)) {
                         if (backslash) {
                                 backslash = 0;
@@ -225,6 +223,8 @@ shell_builtin_read(struct builtin_read_params *params)
                 }
                 if (c == delim) /* '\n' or -d CHAR */
                         break;
+                if (c == '\0')
+                        continue;
 
                 /* $IFS splitting. NOT done if we run "read"
                  * without variable names (bash compat).