diff --git a/clients/tools/ldapsearch.c b/clients/tools/ldapsearch.c
index 9a10fc17ec..feb3158deb 100644
--- a/clients/tools/ldapsearch.c
+++ b/clients/tools/ldapsearch.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ handle_private_option( int i )
 				exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
 			}
 			for ( ispecs = 0; specs[ ispecs ] != NULL; ispecs++ )
-				/* count'em */
+				/* count'em */ ;
 
 			ds = ldap_memcalloc( ispecs + 1, sizeof( LDAPDerefSpec ) );
 			if ( ds == NULL ) {