1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/setenv.c b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/setenv.c
index 15c550ba30..fc8e5b677f 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/setenv.c
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/setenv.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*      $OpenBSD: setenv.c,v 1.19 2016/09/21 04:38:56 guenther Exp $ */
+/*      $OpenBSD: setenv.c,v 1.20 2022/08/08 22:40:03 millert Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1987 Regents of the University of California.
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ putenv(char *str)
 
         for (cp = str; *cp && *cp != '='; ++cp)
                 ;
-        if (*cp != '=') {
+        if (cp == str || *cp != '=') {
+                /* '=' is the first character of string or is missing. */
                 errno = EINVAL;
-                return (-1);                    /* missing `=' in string */
+                return (-1);
         }
 
         if (__findenv(str, (int)(cp - str), &offset) != NULL) {