diff --git a/src/parsing.c b/src/parsing.c
index 2e0a753..5e431e6 100644
--- a/src/parsing.c
+++ b/src/parsing.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 void free_options(struct option_lst *options)
 {
 	struct option_lst *it = options;
-	while (it->next) {
+	while (it) {
 		struct option_lst *tmp = it;
 		it = it->next;
 		free(tmp);