diff --git a/libgimpconfig/gimpconfig-path.c b/libgimpconfig/gimpconfig-path.c
index ab5aea2492..6067e85040 100644
--- a/libgimpconfig/gimpconfig-path.c
+++ b/libgimpconfig/gimpconfig-path.c
@@ -522,10 +522,10 @@ gimp_config_path_extract_token (const gchar **str)
 
   p = *str + 2;
 
-  while (p && (*p != '}'))
+  while (*p && (*p != '}'))
     p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
 
-  if (!p)
+  if (! *p)
     return NULL;
 
   token = g_strndup (*str + 2, g_utf8_pointer_to_offset (*str + 2, p));