diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 96355b4..4e42d9f 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ get_cpu_core_count()
 	## Because of the upcoming release of cpus with core counts over 6, a count of cores is given after Deca (10)
 	# count the number of processors given
 	local cpu_core_count=$(grep -ic "cpu cores" /proc/cpuinfo| cut -d':' -f2) 
-	if [ -z "$cpu_core_count" ];then
+	if [ "$cpu_core_count" -eq 0 ];then
 		cpu_core_count=$(grep -ic "^processor" /proc/cpuinfo| cut -d':' -f2) 
 	fi
 	local cpu_alpha_count='' core_count=''