diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index fd221732..899237c8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SVN HEAD
            Delete all remnants of algorithm names
            Drop all the chip-specific support
            Fix a memory leak on error
+           Speed up sensors_get_ignored() a bit
   Makefile: Drop the package and version targets
   Man page sensors.conf.5: Update the chip statement section
   Programs doc/*: Delete, obsolete
diff --git a/lib/access.c b/lib/access.c
index 4312add2..8b4006f8 100644
--- a/lib/access.c
+++ b/lib/access.c
@@ -198,10 +198,8 @@ int sensors_get_ignored(sensors_chip_name name, int feature)
 	const sensors_chip *chip;
 	const sensors_chip_feature *featureptr;
 	const sensors_chip_feature *alt_featureptr;
-	int i, res;
+	int i;
 
-	/* Default: valid */
-	res = 1;
 	if (sensors_chip_name_has_wildcards(name))
 		return -SENSORS_ERR_WILDCARDS;
 	if (!(featureptr = sensors_lookup_feature_nr(&name, feature)))
@@ -214,13 +212,12 @@ int sensors_get_ignored(sensors_chip_name name, int feature)
 		return -SENSORS_ERR_NO_ENTRY;
 	for (chip = NULL; (chip = sensors_for_all_config_chips(name, chip));)
 		for (i = 0; i < chip->ignores_count; i++)
-			if (!strcasecmp(featureptr->data.name, chip->ignores[i].name))
-				return 0; /* Exact match always overrules! */
-			else if (alt_featureptr &&
-				 !strcasecmp(alt_featureptr->data.name,
-					     chip->ignores[i].name))
-				res = 0;
-	return res;
+			if (!strcasecmp(featureptr->data.name, chip->ignores[i].name) ||
+			    (alt_featureptr &&
+			     !strcasecmp(alt_featureptr->data.name, chip->ignores[i].name)))
+				return 0;
+	/* valid */
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /* Read the value of a feature of a certain chip. Note that chip should not