diff --git a/src/optionstr.c b/src/optionstr.c
index 2accd3d..3de23ba 100644
--- a/src/optionstr.c
+++ b/src/optionstr.c
@@ -1249,8 +1249,7 @@
 		int x2 = -1;
 		int x3 = -1;
 
-		if (*p != NUL)
-		    p += mb_ptr2len(p);
+		p += mb_ptr2len(p);
 		if (*p != NUL)
 		    x2 = *p++;
 		if (*p != NUL)