diff --git a/src/rc/supervise-daemon.c b/src/rc/supervise-daemon.c
index b754a42b..be424750 100644
--- a/src/rc/supervise-daemon.c
+++ b/src/rc/supervise-daemon.c
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 			if (!exists(exec_file)) {
 				eerror("%s: %s does not exist", applet,
-				    *exec_file ? exec_file : exec);
+				    exec_file ? exec_file : exec);
 				free(exec_file);
 				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 			}