diff --git a/pacman-zfs-snapshot.sh b/pacman-zfs-snapshot.sh
index cbf5c06..5e37c6f 100755
--- a/pacman-zfs-snapshot.sh
+++ b/pacman-zfs-snapshot.sh
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ function trim_pkg_list_oneline () {
             break
         fi
     done
-    if [[ "${#shorter_pkg_list}" -gt "${pkgs_list_max_length}" ]]; do
+    if [[ "${#shorter_pkg_list}" -gt "${pkgs_list_max_length}" ]]; then
         # If this is still too long we empty the package list
         shorter_pkg_list=''
-    done
+    fi
     trimmed_pkg_list_oneline="${shorter_pkg_list}"
 }