diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 2df4d172bd..4779f3eb5b 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c,v 1.28 1997/04/15 18:18:21 scrappy Exp $
+ *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c,v 1.29 1997/04/17 01:45:36 vadim Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -110,18 +110,17 @@ vacuum(char *vacrel, bool verbose)
 	MESSAGE_LEVEL = DEBUG;
 
     /* vacrel gets de-allocated on transaction commit */
+    if (vacrel)
+    	strcpy(VacRel.data,vacrel);
     	
     /* initialize vacuum cleaner */
     vc_init();
 
     /* vacuum the database */
     if (vacrel)
-    {
-	strcpy(VacRel.data,vacrel);
-	vc_vacuum(&VacRel);
-    }
+    	vc_vacuum(&VacRel);
     else
-	vc_vacuum(NULL);
+    	vc_vacuum(NULL);
 
     /* clean up */
     vc_shutdown();