diff --git a/ssl/ssl_conf.c b/ssl/ssl_conf.c
index 4119afa4731e000f72434cc320c41848d7f8addf..90d77fa0344049f5908583187ff9110955f6071a 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_conf.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_conf.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static int ssl_conf_cmd_skip_prefix(SSL_CONF_CTX *cctx, const char **pcmd)
 		}
 	else if (cctx->flags & SSL_CONF_FLAG_CMDLINE)
 		{
-		if (**pcmd != '-' || !*pcmd[1])
+		if (**pcmd != '-' || !(*pcmd)[1])
 			return 0;
 		*pcmd += 1;
 		}