diff --git a/sbin/mount/getmntopts.c b/sbin/mount/getmntopts.c
index e284c09b87b8..0a6ceb123054 100644
--- a/sbin/mount/getmntopts.c
+++ b/sbin/mount/getmntopts.c
@@ -84,10 +84,8 @@ getmntopts(options, m0, flagp, altflagp)
 		for (m = m0; m->m_option != NULL; ++m) {
 			len = strlen(m->m_option);
 			if (strncasecmp(opt, m->m_option, len) == 0)
-				if (   m->m_option[len]	== '\0'
-				    || m->m_option[len]	== '='
-				   )
-				break;
+				if (opt[len] == '\0' || opt[len] == '=')
+					break;
 		}
 
 		/* Save flag, or fail if option is not recognized. */