diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
index ad2041817985c6205e78b9b41794ae44e697dba3..877ca2c88246303fca7d792cc6a17ef72bfcc254 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static void parse_config_file(const char *p)
 		}
 		p += 7;
 		q = p;
-		while (*q && (isalnum(*q) || *q == '_'))
+		while (isalnum(*q) || *q == '_')
 			q++;
 		if (str_ends_with(p, q - p, "_MODULE"))
 			r = q - 7;