diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 86d55770b0f18adee4aa68b1be09f6f571fcdaa3..4d38464883e093d7ed55bb0c11c8f5387c029086 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_REGEX_H
 #ifdef BROKEN_REGEXEC
+/* Work around a potential segfault in glibc 2.2.3's regexec(). */
 int safe_regexec(const regex_t *preg, const char *string, size_t nmatch,
 	regmatch_t pmatch[], int eflags)
 {
     if (string != NULL && *string != '\0')
 	return regexec(preg, string, nmatch, pmatch, eflags);
+
     return REG_NOMATCH;
 }
 #endif