diff --git a/lib/krb5/keytab_any.c b/lib/krb5/keytab_any.c
index 09748f350..8def8d76e 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/keytab_any.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/keytab_any.c
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ any_resolve(krb5_context context, const char *name, krb5_keytab id)
     krb5_error_code ret;
     char buf[256];
 
-    while (strsep_copy(&name, ",", buf, sizeof(buf)) != -1
-	   && buf[0] != '\0') {
+    while (strsep_copy(&name, ",", buf, sizeof(buf)) != -1) {
 	a = malloc(sizeof(*a));
 	if (a == NULL) {
 	    ret = ENOMEM;