1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 95ef33b74..01ec90c6f 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -611,6 +611,10 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
         unsigned char tar_create = FALSE;
 #endif
 
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                show_usage();
+        }
+
         /* Prepend '-' to the first argument if required */
         if (argv[1][0] != '-') {
                 char *tmp = xmalloc(strlen(argv[1]) + 2);
@@ -619,10 +623,6 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 argv[1] = tmp;
         }
 
-        if (argc < 2) {
-                show_usage();
-        }
-
         /* Initialise default values */
         tar_handle = init_handle();
         tar_handle->flags = ARCHIVE_CREATE_LEADING_DIRS;
@@ -736,13 +736,13 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
         {
                 if ((tar_filename[0] == '-') && (tar_filename[1] == '\0')) {
                         tar_handle->src_fd = fileno(stdin);
+                        tar_handle->seek = seek_by_char;
                 } else {
                         tar_handle->seek = seek_by_jump;
                         tar_handle->src_fd = xopen(tar_filename, O_RDONLY);
                 }
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP
                 if (get_header_ptr == get_header_tar_gz) {
-                        tar_handle->seek = seek_by_char;
                         get_header_tar_gz(tar_handle);
                 } else
 #endif /* CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP */