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Let \(f(z)= z+ a_2z^2+\cdots\) be an analytic function in the unit disk \(U\). The author considers the univalence criterion of the type \[ |f''(z)/f'(z)|\leq M. \] Kudriasov had shown that \(f\) is univalent if \(M= 3.05\). The author tries now to make a new choice of the constant \(M\) depending on the coefficient \(a_2\). He obtains that \(f\) is univalent in \(U\) if \(M\) is implicitely restricted by the inequality \[ 1/M\geq \max_{|z|\leq 1} \Biggl[(1-|z|^2)|z|{|z|+ 2|a_2|/M\over 1+2|a_2||z|/M}\Biggr]. \] For the proof it is simply verified that, under this condition, \(f\) satisfies the well-known univalence criterion \[ (1-|z|^2)|zf''(z)||f'(z)|\leq 1. \] It follows that, in the case \(a_2= 0\), \(f\) is univalent if \(M= 4\).