diff --git a/dracut.sh b/dracut.sh
index 78917763b6..3826c73e71 100755
--- a/dracut.sh
+++ b/dracut.sh
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ fi
 
 if ! [[ $compress ]]; then
     # check all known compressors, if none specified
-    for i in $DRACUT_COMPRESS_PIGZ $DRACUT_COMPRESS_GZIP $DRACUT_COMPRESS_LZ4 $DRACUT_COMPRESS_LZOP $ $DRACUT_COMPRESS_ZSTD $DRACUT_COMPRESS_LZMA $DRACUT_COMPRESS_XZ $DRACUT_COMPRESS_LBZIP2 $OMPRESS_BZIP2 $DRACUT_COMPRESS_CAT; do
+    for i in $DRACUT_COMPRESS_PIGZ $DRACUT_COMPRESS_GZIP $DRACUT_COMPRESS_LZ4 $DRACUT_COMPRESS_LZOP $DRACUT_COMPRESS_ZSTD $DRACUT_COMPRESS_LZMA $DRACUT_COMPRESS_XZ $DRACUT_COMPRESS_LBZIP2 $OMPRESS_BZIP2 $DRACUT_COMPRESS_CAT; do
         command -v "$i" &> /dev/null || continue
         compress="$i"
         break