diff --git a/cross-compile-ldd b/cross-compile-ldd
index ef2ca20..332d57f 100644
--- a/cross-compile-ldd
+++ b/cross-compile-ldd
@@ -337,13 +337,13 @@ do_scan_etc_ldsoconf() {
 # Build up the full list of search directories
 declare -a needed_search_path
 do_trace "Adding basic lib dirs\n"
-ld_library_path="${ld_library_path}:"
 while [ -n "${ld_library_path}" ]; do
     d="${ld_library_path%%:*}"
     if [ -n "${d}" ]; then
         do_trace "-> adding search dir '%s'\n" "${d}"
         needed_search_path+=( "${d}" )
     fi
+    [[ "$ld_library_path" == "${ld_library_path#*:}" ]] && break
     ld_library_path="${ld_library_path#*:}"
 done
 do_trace "Done adding basic lib dirs\n"