1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/net/rcmd.c b/lib/libc/net/rcmd.c
index a05ec736180b..34ac18bf9f2f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/rcmd.c
+++ b/lib/libc/net/rcmd.c
@@ -366,14 +366,16 @@ __ivaliduser(hostf, raddr, luser, ruser)
 		return (-1);
 
 	while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), hostf)) {
-		if(buf[0] == '#')
-			continue;
 		p = buf;
 		/* Skip lines that are too long. */
 		if (strchr(p, '\n') == NULL) {
 			while ((ch = getc(hostf)) != '\n' && ch != EOF);
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (*p == '\n' || *p == '#') {
+			/* comment... */
+			continue;
+		}
 		while (*p != '\n' && *p != ' ' && *p != '\t' && *p != '\0') {
 			*p = isupper(*p) ? tolower(*p) : *p;
 			p++;