diff --git a/MagickCore/configure.c b/MagickCore/configure.c
index b102d2c..5985d1b 100644
--- a/MagickCore/configure.c
+++ b/MagickCore/configure.c
@@ -266,14 +266,17 @@
assert(exception != (ExceptionInfo *) NULL);
if (IsConfigureListInstantiated(exception) == MagickFalse)
return((const ConfigureInfo *) NULL);
- if ((name == (const char *) NULL) || (LocaleCompare(name,"*") == 0))
- return((const ConfigureInfo *) GetValueFromLinkedList(configure_list,0));
/*
Search for configure tag.
*/
LockSemaphoreInfo(configure_semaphore);
ResetLinkedListIterator(configure_list);
p=(const ConfigureInfo *) GetNextValueInLinkedList(configure_list);
+ if ((name == (const char *) NULL) || (LocaleCompare(name,"*") == 0))
+ {
+ UnlockSemaphoreInfo(configure_semaphore);
+ return(p);
+ }
while (p != (const ConfigureInfo *) NULL)
{
if (LocaleCompare(name,p->name) == 0)
