diff --git a/post/post.c b/post/post.c
index 6687e0b75c..0f1fe8d905 100644
--- a/post/post.c
+++ b/post/post.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static void post_get_env_flags(int *test_flags)
 		last = 0;
 		name = list;
 		while (!last) {
-			while (*name && *name == ' ')
+			while (*name == ' ')
 				name++;
 			if (*name == 0)
 				break;