1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index 9994d891d1f..a0b81611276 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ readfile(char *path)
 	int			maxlength = 0,
 				linelen = 0;
 	int			nlines = 0;
+	int			n;
 	char	  **result;
 	char	   *buffer;
 	int			c;
@@ -408,16 +409,13 @@ readfile(char *path)
 	/* now reprocess the file and store the lines */
 
 	rewind(infile);
-	nlines = 0;
-	while (fgets(buffer, maxlength + 1, infile) != NULL)
-	{
-		result[nlines] = xstrdup(buffer);
-		nlines++;
-	}
+	n = 0;
+	while (fgets(buffer, maxlength + 1, infile) != NULL && n < nlines)
+		result[n++] = xstrdup(buffer);
 
 	fclose(infile);
 	free(buffer);
-	result[nlines] = NULL;
+	result[n] = NULL;
 
 	return result;
 }