1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/emacsclient.c b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
index db2de82d072..7fbedbce141 100644
--- a/lib-src/emacsclient.c
+++ b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ decode_options (argc, argv)
     current_frame = 1;
 
 #ifdef WINDOWSNT
-  if (alternate_editor && alternate_editor == '\0')
+  if (alternate_editor && alternate_editor[0] == '\0')
     {
       message (TRUE, "--alternate-editor argument or ALTERNATE_EDITOR variable cannot be\n\
 an empty string");