1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 524910950..bb9464af9 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -6400,7 +6400,7 @@ varvalue(char *name, int varflags, int flags, struct strlist *var_str_list)
         case '7':
         case '8':
         case '9':
-                num = number(name);
+                num = atoi(name); /* number(name) fails on ${var#str} etc */
                 if (num < 0 || num > shellparam.nparam)
                         return -1;
                 p = num ? shellparam.p[num - 1] : arg0;