diff --git a/libc/minilibc/string.c b/libc/minilibc/string.c
index 2de4f20790..e7fc6d4009 100644
--- a/libc/minilibc/string.c
+++ b/libc/minilibc/string.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ size_t strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t siz)
 	register size_t n = siz;
 
 	/* Copy as many bytes as will fit */
-	if (n != 0 && --n != 0)
+	if (n != 0)
 	{
 		do
 		{