diff --git a/mhl/escape.h b/mhl/escape.h
index 2ec4e0d46..efc0aac52 100644
--- a/mhl/escape.h
+++ b/mhl/escape.h
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ static inline char* mhl_shell_unescape_buf(char* text)
 		case '`':
 		case '"':
 		case ';':
-		case '\0': /* end of line! malformed escape string */
-		    goto out;
 		default:
 		    (*writeptr) = c; writeptr++; break;
 	    }
@@ -126,7 +124,6 @@ static inline char* mhl_shell_unescape_buf(char* text)
 	}
 	readptr++;
     }
-out:
     *writeptr = 0;
 
     return text;