1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/networking/traceroute.c b/networking/traceroute.c
index 9c1d6346e..b6a885544 100644
--- a/networking/traceroute.c
+++ b/networking/traceroute.c
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ traceroute_main(int argc, char *argv[])
         if(port_str)
                 port = (u_short)str2val(port_str, "port", 1, (1 << 16) - 1);
         if(nprobes_str)
-                nprobes = str2val(optarg, "nprobes", 1, -1);
+                nprobes = str2val(nprobes_str, "nprobes", 1, -1);
         if(source) {
             /*
              * set the ip source address of the outbound