diff --git a/lib/libc/net/res_debug.c b/lib/libc/net/res_debug.c
index d56e984351a6..8cd21525f407 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/res_debug.c
+++ b/lib/libc/net/res_debug.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: res_debug.c,v 1.17 1998/07/26 12:30:15 mycroft Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: res_debug.c,v 1.18 1998/08/18 23:57:02 thorpej Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1985, 1990, 1993
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)res_debug.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
 static char rcsid[] = "Id: res_debug.c,v 8.20 1997/06/01 20:34:37 vixie Exp ";
 #else
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: res_debug.c,v 1.17 1998/07/26 12:30:15 mycroft Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: res_debug.c,v 1.18 1998/08/18 23:57:02 thorpej Exp $");
 #endif
 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
 
@@ -466,11 +466,12 @@ __p_fqnname(cp, msg, msglen, name, namelen)
 	if ((n = dn_expand(msg, cp + msglen, cp, name, namelen)) < 0)
 		return (NULL);
 	newlen = strlen (name);
-	if (newlen == 0 || name[newlen - 1] != '.')
+	if (newlen == 0 || name[newlen - 1] != '.') {
 		if (newlen+1 >= namelen)	/* Lack space for final dot */
 			return (NULL);
 		else
 			strcpy(name + newlen, ".");
+	}
 	return (cp + n);
 }