diff --git a/code/renderer/tr_shader.c b/code/renderer/tr_shader.c
index 830a410a..dfbea62b 100644
--- a/code/renderer/tr_shader.c
+++ b/code/renderer/tr_shader.c
@@ -2906,7 +2906,7 @@ static void ScanAndLoadShaderFiles( void )
 			oldp = p;
 			
 			token = COM_ParseExt(&p, qtrue);
-			if(*token != '{')
+			if(token[0] != '{' && token[1] != '\0')
 			{
 				ri.Printf(PRINT_WARNING, "WARNING: Bad shader file %s has incorrect syntax.\n", filename);
 				ri.FS_FreeFile(buffers[i]);