diff --git a/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp b/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
index 0750d4a7396..2960028f936 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
@@ -1436,6 +1436,7 @@ bool QtcProcess::ArgIterator::next()
                 state.current = MxParen;
                 m_simple = false;
                 hadWord = true;
+                continue;
 #if 0 // Should match only at the beginning of a command, which we never have currently.
             } else if (cc == '{') {
                 sstack.push(state);