diff --git a/src/lib/ecore/ecore_getopt.c b/src/lib/ecore/ecore_getopt.c
index e1c3022d63..e36445501c 100644
--- a/src/lib/ecore/ecore_getopt.c
+++ b/src/lib/ecore/ecore_getopt.c
@@ -1705,7 +1705,9 @@ _ecore_getopt_parse_arg_long(const Ecore_Getopt *parser,
 
    desc_idx = desc - parser->descs;
    value = values + desc_idx;
-   ret = _ecore_getopt_desc_handle(parser, desc, value, arg_val);
+   if (arg_val)
+     ret = _ecore_getopt_desc_handle(parser, desc, value, arg_val);
+   else ret = EINA_FALSE;
    if ((!ret) && parser->strict)
      return EINA_FALSE;