syswrite prints garbage if called with empty scalar and non-zero offset

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pp_sys.c b/pp_sys.c
index 23f79ba4c6..ec12cd4aa5 100644
--- a/pp_sys.c
+++ b/pp_sys.c
@@ -1919,7 +1919,7 @@ PP(pp_send)
 		    DIE(aTHX_ "Offset outside string");
 		}
 		offset += blen_chars;
-	    } else if (offset >= (IV)blen_chars && blen_chars > 0) {
+	    } else if (offset >= (IV)blen_chars) {
 		Safefree(tmpbuf);
 		DIE(aTHX_ "Offset outside string");
 	    }