diff --git a/src/libecryptfs/cmd_ln_parser.c b/src/libecryptfs/cmd_ln_parser.c
index c8d538e..1494979 100644
--- a/src/libecryptfs/cmd_ln_parser.c
+++ b/src/libecryptfs/cmd_ln_parser.c
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ process_nv_pair:
 			memcpy(name, sub_token, i);
 			name[i] = '\0';
 			j = i;
+			i = st_len;
+			break;
 		}
 	if (!name) {
 		if (!(name = malloc(i+1))) {