1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sm/call-agent.c b/sm/call-agent.c
index 30a1b6480..a0a1da5c3 100644
--- a/sm/call-agent.c
+++ b/sm/call-agent.c
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ start_agent (void)
   if (agent_ctx)
     return 0; /* fixme: We need a context for each thread or serialize
                  the access to the agent (which is suitable given that
-                 the agent is not MT */
+                 the agent is not MT. */
 
   infostr = force_pipe_server? NULL : getenv ("GPG_AGENT_INFO");
-  if (!infostr)
+  if (!infostr || !*infostr)
     {
       const char *pgmname;
       const char *argv[3];