diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7e6421a94..2f71477da 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-11-25  Robert Larice
+ * src/frontend/inpcom.c :
+    tiny fix, a boundary check
+
 2010-11-25  Robert Larice
  * src/xspice/icm/dlmain.c ,
  * src/xspice/icm/makedefs.in :
diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index f60117f5d..5146becc0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -2800,7 +2800,7 @@ inp_fix_param_values( struct line *deck )
       if ( ciprefix( ".meas", line ))
          if ((( *(equal_ptr+1) == 'v' ) || ( *(equal_ptr+1) == 'i' )) && ( *(equal_ptr+2) == '(' )) {
             // find closing ')' and skip token v(...) or i(...)
-            while (( equal_ptr) && *equal_ptr != ')') equal_ptr++;
+            while (*equal_ptr != ')' && *(equal_ptr+1) != '\0') equal_ptr++;
             line = equal_ptr + 1;
             continue;
          }