1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/echo.c b/coreutils/echo.c
index 9aad2c2ba..e1eea0007 100644
--- a/coreutils/echo.c
+++ b/coreutils/echo.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int bb_echo(char **argv)
                 eflag = '\\',
                 nflag = 1,  /* 1 -- print '\n' */
         };
-        ++argv;
+        arg = *++argv;
 #else
         const char *p;
         char nflag = 1;