1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/auth-options.c b/auth-options.c
index 04d2f085f..57e335f3f 100644
--- a/auth-options.c
+++ b/auth-options.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: auth-options.c,v 1.12 2001/02/03 10:08:36 markus Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: auth-options.c,v 1.13 2001/02/09 13:38:07 markus Exp $");
 
 #include "packet.h"
 #include "xmalloc.h"
@@ -61,12 +61,13 @@ int
 auth_parse_options(struct passwd *pw, char *opts, char *file, u_long linenum)
 {
         const char *cp;
-        if (!opts)
-                return 1;
 
         /* reset options */
         auth_clear_options();
 
+        if (!opts)
+                return 1;
+
         while (*opts && *opts != ' ' && *opts != '\t') {
                 cp = "no-port-forwarding";
                 if (strncasecmp(opts, cp, strlen(cp)) == 0) {