diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 159c505..8f697a0 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -410,7 +410,9 @@ pkg_depends() {
     # dependencies are listed first and then the parents in reverse order.
     contains "$deps" "$1" || {
         # Filter out non-explicit, aleady installed dependencies.
-        [ "$3" ] && [ -z "$2" ] && pkg_list "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 && return
+        if [ "$3" ] && [ -z "$2" ] && pkg_list "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            return
+        fi
 
         # Detect circular dependencies and bail out.
         # Looks for multiple repeating patterns of (dep dep_parent) (5 is max).