diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 58cf6dc..c156ca6 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ 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
+        [ "$3" ] && [ -z "$2" ] && (pkg_list "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1) && return
 
         # Detect circular dependencies and bail out.
         # Looks for multiple repeating patterns of (dep dep_parent) (5 is max).