diff --git a/experimental/ecdb/trunk/src/ecdb_misc.c b/experimental/ecdb/trunk/src/ecdb_misc.c
index ed4de197..1bd572b4 100644
--- a/experimental/ecdb/trunk/src/ecdb_misc.c
+++ b/experimental/ecdb/trunk/src/ecdb_misc.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ ecdb_strip_next_argument(const char *strip)
 			memcpy(ret, t1, len);
 			return ret;
 		}
-	} while ((t1) && (t1++));
+	} while (*(t1++));
 
 	return NULL;
 }