diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/Modules/Module.php b/library/Icinga/Application/Modules/Module.php
index bb7c77218..8049217b2 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Application/Modules/Module.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Application/Modules/Module.php
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ class Module
                         case 'depends':
                             if (strpos($val, ' ') === false) {
                                 $metadata->depends[$val] = true;
-                                continue;
+                                continue 2;
                             }
 
                             $parts = preg_split('/,\s+/', $val);
diff --git a/library/Icinga/File/Ini/IniParser.php b/library/Icinga/File/Ini/IniParser.php
index 2748f78ca..a90b741d4 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/File/Ini/IniParser.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/File/Ini/IniParser.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class IniParser
             switch ($state) {
                 case self::LINE_START:
                     if (ctype_space($s)) {
-                        continue;
+                        continue 2;
                     }
                     switch ($s) {
                         case '[':
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class IniParser
 
                 case self::DIRECTIVE_VALUE_START:
                     if (ctype_space($s)) {
-                        continue;
+                        continue 2;
                     } elseif ($s === '"') {
                         $state = self::DIRECTIVE_VALUE_QUOTED;
                     } else {