diff --git a/src/blupi.cxx b/src/blupi.cxx
index aa1069c..950fc8a 100644
--- a/src/blupi.cxx
+++ b/src/blupi.cxx
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ split (const std::string & s, char delim, Out result)
   std::stringstream ss;
   ss.str (s);
   std::string item;
-  while (std::getline (ss, item, delim).good ())
+  while (std::getline (ss, item, delim))
     *(result++) = item;
 }