diff --git a/src/library/filescanner_playlist.c b/src/library/filescanner_playlist.c
index 554523e7..a94148f9 100644
--- a/src/library/filescanner_playlist.c
+++ b/src/library/filescanner_playlist.c
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ scan_playlist(const char *file, time_t mtime, int dir_id)
 
       /* For pls files we are only interested in the part after the FileX= entry */
       path = NULL;
-      if ((pl_format == PLAYLIST_PLS) && (strncasecmp(buf, "file", strlen("file")) == 0))
-	path = strchr(buf, '=') + 1;
+      if ((pl_format == PLAYLIST_PLS) && (strncasecmp(buf, "file", strlen("file")) == 0) && (path = strchr(buf, '=')))
+	path++;
       else if (pl_format == PLAYLIST_M3U)
 	path = buf;