diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 0b402477..d5ddf5cb 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ _known_hosts_real()
 		esac
 	done
 	[ $# -ge $OPTIND ] && echo "error: $FUNCNAME("$@"): unprocessed arguments:"\
-	    $(while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do echo ${!OPTIND}; shift; done)
+	    $(while [ $# -ge $OPTIND ]; do echo ${!OPTIND}; shift; done)
 
 	[[ $cur == *@* ]] && user=${cur%@*}@ && cur=${cur#*@}
 	kh=()