diff --git a/Pmodules/modbuild.in b/Pmodules/modbuild.in
index 2d5e27d..7a66e36 100644
--- a/Pmodules/modbuild.in
+++ b/Pmodules/modbuild.in
@@ -1273,23 +1273,19 @@ build_modules_yaml_v1(){
 		}
 
 		check_variant(){
-			# if a variant is neither passed as argument nor a default,
-			# is defined, therefore let's build this variant.
 			local -- build_variant="${opt_variant:-${config['default_variant']}}"
-			[[ -z "${build_variant}" ]] && return 0
-
-			# a variant has been passed as argument or a default variant is
-			# defined. If this variant is not named, we don't build it.
+			# don't build if a variant has be specified on the command line or
+			# a default variant has been set in the config file, but no
+			# variant name is defined here
+	      		[[ -n ${build_variant} && -z ${config['variant']} ]] && return 1
 			[[ -z ${config['variant']} ]] && return 1
-
 			set -o noglob
-			local -a variants=( "${config['variant'],,}" )
+			local -a items=( "${config['variant'],,}" )
 			set +o noglob
-			local variant=''
-			for variant in "${variants[@]}"; do
-				[[ "${build_variant}" == "${variant}" ]] && return 0
+			local item=''
+			for item in "${items[@]}"; do
+				[[ "${opt_variant}" == "${item}" ]] && return 0
 			done
-			return 1
 		}
 
 		check_kernel     module_config || return 1