Index: src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
===================================================================
--- src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c	(revision 1450)
+++ src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c	(working copy)
@@ -840,13 +840,13 @@
 			exec = name;
 		if (name && start)
 			*argv = name;
-	} else if (name && (start || **argv))
+	} else if (name)
 		*--argv = name;
 	else
 		*--argv = exec;
 
 	if (stop || sig) {
-		if ( !*argv && !pidfile && !name && !uid)
+		if (!*argv && !pidfile && !name && !uid)
 			eerrorx("%s: --stop needs --exec, --pidfile,"
 				" --name or --user", applet);
 		if (background)