diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index a9c0f60..a799f14 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 	y = dc.y + (dc.h / 2) - (h / 2) + dc.font.ascent;
 	x = dc.x + (h / 2);
 	/* shorten text if necessary */
-	for(len = MIN(olen, sizeof buf); len && (i = textnw(buf, len)) > dc.w - h; len--);
+	for(len = MIN(olen, sizeof buf); len && textnw(buf, len) > dc.w - h; len--);
 	if(!len)
 		return;
 	memcpy(buf, text, len);