diff --git a/osdep-darwin.c b/osdep-darwin.c
index 7f9625b0..a2622abe 100644
--- a/osdep-darwin.c
+++ b/osdep-darwin.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: osdep-darwin.c,v 1.7 2009-02-11 19:31:58 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: osdep-darwin.c,v 1.8 2009-02-11 19:35:50 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2009 Joshua Elsasser <josh@elsasser.org>
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ osdep_get_name(int fd, unused char *tty, unused pid_t *last_pid, char **name)
 		return (-1);
 
 	size = sizeof kp;
-	if (sysctl(mib, 4, &kp, &size, NULL, 0) == -1 ||
-	    kp.kp_proc.p_comm[0] == '\0')
+	if (sysctl(mib, 4, &kp, &size, NULL, 0) == -1)
+		return (-1);
+	if (*kp.kp_proc.p_comm == '\0')
 		return (-1);
 
-	*name = strdup(kp.kp_proc.p_comm[0]);
+	*name = strdup(kp.kp_proc.p_comm);
 	return (0);
 }