1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/applets/applets.c b/applets/applets.c
index 2f677372d..56e0d2ccc 100644
--- a/applets/applets.c
+++ b/applets/applets.c
@@ -612,14 +612,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
         const char *s;
 
-        applet_name = argv[0];
 #ifdef BB_NOMMU
         /* NOMMU re-exec trick sets high-order bit in first byte of name */
-        if (applet_name[0] & 0x80) {
+        if (argv[0][0] & 0x80) {
                 re_execed = 1;
-                applet_name[0] &= 0x7f;
+                argv[0][0] &= 0x7f;
         }
 #endif
+        applet_name = argv[0];
         if (applet_name[0] == '-')
                 applet_name++;
         s = strrchr(applet_name, '/');