1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 7a82b441b..f6750ae33 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -695,12 +695,8 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
        }
        /* Prepend '-' to the first argument if required */
-        if (argv[1][0] != '-') {
+        if (argv[1][0] != '-') 
-                char *tmp;
+                argv[1] = bb_xasprintf("-%s", argv[1]);
-                bb_xasprintf(&tmp, "-%s", argv[1]);
-                argv[1] = tmp;
-        }
        /* Initialise default values */
        tar_handle = init_handle();