1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 44ec2eafd..ef4a47afe 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -6532,9 +6532,7 @@ exptilde(char *startp, int flag)
                 home = lookupvar("HOME");
         } else {
                 pw = getpwnam(name);
-                if (pw == NULL)
-                        goto lose;
-                home = pw->pw_dir;
+                home = pw ? pw->pw_dir : NULL;
         }
         *p = c;
         if (!home)