2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/dump.c b/libbb/dump.c
index b406a2428..2ca9919da 100644
--- a/libbb/dump.c
+++ b/libbb/dump.c
@@ -198,9 +198,11 @@ static NOINLINE void rewrite(priv_dumper_t *dumper, FS *fs)
                                if (!e)
                                        goto DO_BAD_CONV_CHAR;
                                pr->flags = F_INT;
-                                if (e > int_convs + 1) /* not d or i? */
-                                        pr->flags = F_UINT;
                                byte_count_str = "\010\004\002\001";
+                                if (e > int_convs + 1) { /* not d or i? */
+                                        pr->flags = F_UINT;
+                                        byte_count_str++;
+                                }
                                goto DO_BYTE_COUNT;
                        } else
                        if (strchr(int_convs, *p1)) { /* %d etc */
diff --git a/testsuite/hexdump.tests b/testsuite/hexdump.tests
index be0379cfc..517ec508b 100755
--- a/testsuite/hexdump.tests
+++ b/testsuite/hexdump.tests
@@ -82,4 +82,10 @@ testing "hexdump -e /2 %d" \
 "\x80\x81\x82\x83\x84\x85\x86\x87\x88\x89\x8a\x8b\x8c\x8d\x8e\x8f"\
 "\xf0\xf1\xf2\xf3\xf4\xf5\xf6\xf7\xf8\xf9\xfa\xfb\xfc\xfd\xfe\xff"\
+testing "hexdump -n4 -e '\"%u\"'" \
+        "hexdump -n4 -e '\"%u\"'" \
+        "12345678" \
+        "" \
+        "\x4e\x61\xbc\x00AAAA"
 exit $FAILCOUNT