diff --git a/cli/main.c b/cli/main.c
index 5202a93..76cd9c2 100644
--- a/cli/main.c
+++ b/cli/main.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ apply_modversion(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *world, void *data, int
 			pkgconf_dependency_t *dep = world_iter->data;
 			pkgconf_pkg_t *pkg = dep->match;
 
-			if (strncmp(pkg->why, queue_node->package, strlen(pkg->why)))
+			if (strcmp(pkg->why, queue_node->package))
 				continue;
 
 			if (pkg->version != NULL) {