1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/ar.c b/archival/ar.c
index 90397474d..1b7b66a57 100644
--- a/archival/ar.c
+++ b/archival/ar.c
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ int ar_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                                 : O_RDONLY
         );
 
-        archive_handle->filter = filter_accept_list;
+        if (*argv)
+                archive_handle->filter = filter_accept_list;
         while (*argv) {
                 llist_add_to_end(&archive_handle->accept, *argv++);
         }