diff --git a/tests/run_make_tests.pl b/tests/run_make_tests.pl
index 4a1a8c10..1c2cb069 100644
--- a/tests/run_make_tests.pl
+++ b/tests/run_make_tests.pl
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ sub find_prog
   if (! $d) {
     foreach my $e (path()) {
       $prog = catfile($e, $f);
-      -x $prog or continue;
+      -x $prog or next;
       ($v, $d, $f) = splitpath($prog);
       last;
     }