1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.c b/src/pacman/conf.c
index 6703243a..117aecd4 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.c
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.c
@@ -720,17 +720,19 @@ static int _parseconfig(const char *file, struct section_t *section,
 		size_t line_len;
 
 		linenum++;
-		strtrim(line);
-		line_len = strlen(line);
 
 		/* ignore whole line and end of line comments */
-		if(line_len == 0 || line[0] == '#') {
-			continue;
-		}
 		if((ptr = strchr(line, '#'))) {
 			*ptr = '\0';
 		}
 
+		strtrim(line);
+		line_len = strlen(line);
+
+		if(line_len == 0) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if(line[0] == '[' && line[line_len - 1] == ']') {
 			char *name;
 			/* only possibility here is a line == '[]' */