diff --git a/managers/core_option_manager.c b/managers/core_option_manager.c
index 6669eaea37..88e9c6f36e 100644
--- a/managers/core_option_manager.c
+++ b/managers/core_option_manager.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static bool core_option_manager_parse_variable(
    if (!string_is_empty(var->value))
       value                   = strdup(var->value);
 
-   if (value)
+   if (!string_is_empty(value))
       desc_end                = strstr(value, "; ");
 
    if (!desc_end)