1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/wc.c b/coreutils/wc.c
index 728d725a3..94f1ee610 100644
--- a/coreutils/wc.c
+++ b/coreutils/wc.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int wc_main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
 
         if (argv[optind] == NULL || strcmp(argv[optind], "-") == 0) {
-                wc_file(stdin, NULL);
+                wc_file(stdin, "");
                 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
         } else {
                 while (optind < argc) {