diff --git a/src/xpdev/ini_file.c b/src/xpdev/ini_file.c
index e7ebb91937ead530d44719e53eac5c3f6165f896..652d82df0c8bfe177003c0f2b017f81ad52fdd95 100644
--- a/src/xpdev/ini_file.c
+++ b/src/xpdev/ini_file.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static size_t find_section(str_list_t list, const char* section)
 	size_t	i;
 
 	if(section==ROOT_SECTION)
-		return section_start(list, 0);
+		return 0;
 
 	i=find_section_index(list,section);
 	if(list[i]!=NULL)