1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/alias.c b/alias.c
index 5efc3d6986..758c867149 100644
--- a/alias.c
+++ b/alias.c
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ static char *alias_val;
 
 static int alias_lookup_cb(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 {
-	if (starts_with(k, "alias.") && !strcmp(k + 6, alias_key)) {
+	const char *name;
+	if (skip_prefix(k, "alias.", &name) && !strcmp(name, alias_key)) {
 		if (!v)
 			return config_error_nonbool(k);
 		alias_val = xstrdup(v);