1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/applets/applets.c b/applets/applets.c
index c8e85cdb1..db4ee482e 100644
--- a/applets/applets.c
+++ b/applets/applets.c
@@ -591,7 +591,11 @@ static int busybox_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         puts("\n");
                         return 0;
                 }
-        } else run_applet_by_name(argv[1], argc - 1, argv + 1);
+        } else {
+                /* we want "<argv[1]>: applet not found", not "busybox: ..." */
+                applet_name = argv[1];
+                run_applet_by_name(argv[1], argc - 1, argv + 1);
+        }
 
         bb_error_msg_and_die("applet not found");
 }