diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/getdelim.c b/lib/libc/stdio/getdelim.c
index 7af154f6af51..d7d5627ec92f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/getdelim.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/getdelim.c
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ getdelim(char ** __restrict linep, size_t * __restrict linecapp, int delim,
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	if (*linecapp == 0)
-		*linep = NULL;
+	if (*linep == NULL)
+		*linecapp = 0;
 
 	if (fp->_r <= 0 && __srefill(fp)) {
 		/* If fp is at EOF already, we just need space for the NUL. */