diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 2ec7cfb0e..55c0acc16 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -11288,7 +11288,6 @@ chkmail(void)
 		if (!len)
 			break;
 		p = stackblock();
-			break;
 		if (*p == '\0')
 			continue;
 		for (q = p; *q; q++)