diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index aeb2ac5e..2a56555c 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ load_x11_backend(struct weston_compositor *c, char const * backend,
 		}
 
 		output_count++;
-		if (option_count && output_count >= option_count)
+		if (output_count >= option_count)
 			break;
 	}