diff --git a/timeoutd.c b/timeoutd.c
index d168e7d..c684da5 100644
--- a/timeoutd.c
+++ b/timeoutd.c
@@ -858,8 +858,7 @@ void check_idle()
 
     pstat = &status;            /* point to status structure */
     sprintf(path, "/proc/%d", utmpp->ut_pid);
-    if (utmpp->ut_type != USER_PROCESS || !utmpp->ut_user[0] || /* if not user process */
-        stat(path, pstat))      /* or if proc doesn't exist */
+    if (utmpp->ut_type != USER_PROCESS || stat(path, pstat)) /* if not user process, or if proc doesn't exist */
         return;                 /* skip the utmp entry */
     strncpy(user, utmpp->ut_user, sizeof(user) - 1);    /* get user name */
     user[sizeof(user) - 1] = '\0';      /* null terminate user name string */