diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 5ed6036..5a8a29e 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1238,22 +1238,21 @@
 	return commitable ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
-static int parse_status_slot(const char *var, int offset)
+static int parse_status_slot(const char *slot)
 {
-	if (!strcasecmp(var+offset, "header"))
+	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "header"))
 		return WT_STATUS_HEADER;
-	if (!strcasecmp(var+offset, "branch"))
+	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "branch"))
 		return WT_STATUS_ONBRANCH;
-	if (!strcasecmp(var+offset, "updated")
-		|| !strcasecmp(var+offset, "added"))
+	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "updated") || !strcasecmp(slot, "added"))
 		return WT_STATUS_UPDATED;
-	if (!strcasecmp(var+offset, "changed"))
+	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "changed"))
 		return WT_STATUS_CHANGED;
-	if (!strcasecmp(var+offset, "untracked"))
+	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "untracked"))
 		return WT_STATUS_UNTRACKED;
-	if (!strcasecmp(var+offset, "nobranch"))
+	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "nobranch"))
 		return WT_STATUS_NOBRANCH;
-	if (!strcasecmp(var+offset, "unmerged"))
+	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "unmerged"))
 		return WT_STATUS_UNMERGED;
 	return -1;
 }
@@ -1291,7 +1290,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (starts_with(k, "status.color.") || starts_with(k, "color.status.")) {
-		int slot = parse_status_slot(k, 13);
+		int slot = parse_status_slot(k + 13);
 		if (slot < 0)
 			return 0;
 		if (!v)