diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c
index 8a8adf02..35c768d2 100644
--- a/src/common/util.c
+++ b/src/common/util.c
@@ -399,8 +399,11 @@ waitline2 (GIOChannel *source, char *buf, int bufsize)
 	{
 		g_io_channel_set_buffered (source, FALSE);
 		g_io_channel_set_encoding (source, NULL, &error);
+
 		if (g_io_channel_read_chars (source, &buf[i], 1, &len, &error) != G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL)
+		{
 			return -1;
+		}
 		if (buf[i] == '\n' || bufsize == i + 1)
 		{
 			buf[i] = 0;