1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_tcp.c b/plugins/check_tcp.c
index 7bd48d1a..55ce8984 100644
--- a/plugins/check_tcp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_tcp.c
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         server_port = PORT;
         server_send = SEND;
         server_quit = QUIT;
+        status = strdup ("");
 
         if (process_arguments (argc, argv) == ERROR)
                 usage (_("Could not parse arguments\n"));
@@ -259,7 +260,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
                 buffer = malloc (MAXBUF);
                 memset (buffer, '\0', MAXBUF);
-                status = strdup ("");
                 /* watch for the expect string */
                 while ((i = my_recv ()) > 0) {
                         buffer[i] = '\0';
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                 }
 
                 /* return a CRITICAL status if we couldn't read any data */
-                if (status == NULL)
+                if (strlen(status) == 0)
                         die (STATE_CRITICAL, _("No data received from host\n"));
 
                 strip (status);