diff --git a/libexec/getty/subr.c b/libexec/getty/subr.c
index 9958d193aa60..b8f359355afc 100644
--- a/libexec/getty/subr.c
+++ b/libexec/getty/subr.c
@@ -564,8 +564,8 @@ makeenv(char *env[])
 		strlcat(termbuf, TT, sizeof(termbuf));
 		*ep++ = termbuf;
 	}
-	if ((p = EV)) {
-		q = p;
+	if (EV) {
+		p = EV;
 		while ((q = strchr(q, ','))) {
 			*q++ = '\0';
 			*ep++ = p;