1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/utils.c b/plugins/utils.c
index 8bec1cf..d97ad48 100644
--- a/plugins/utils.c
+++ b/plugins/utils.c
@@ -404,17 +404,19 @@ strscat (char *dest, const char *src)
 {
         size_t len, l2;
 
-        if (src)
-                l2 = strlen (src);
-        else
+        if (src == NULL)
                 return dest;
-
-        if (dest)
-                len = strlen (dest);
         else
+                l2 = strlen (src);
+
+        if (dest == NULL) {
                 len = 0;
+                dest = malloc (l2 + 1);
+        } else {
+                len = strlen (dest);
+                dest = realloc (dest, len + l2 + 1);
+        }
 
-        dest = realloc (dest, len + l2 + 1);
         if (dest == NULL)
                 terminate (STATE_UNKNOWN, "failed malloc in strscat\n");