1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 88a815de6..e6c134e3b 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -694,7 +694,9 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 }
         }
 
-        if (*argv[optind] == '-') {
+        /* Check if we are reading from stdin */
+        if ((argv[optind]) && (*argv[optind] == '-')) {
+                /* Default is to read from stdin, so just skip to next arg */
                 optind++;
         }