1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index ff935a4c0..43d62b1e0 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int chown_main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
 
         /* Ok, ready to do the deed now */
-        while (optind++ < argc) {
+        while (optind++ < argc-1) {
                 if (recursive_action (argv[optind], recursiveFlag, FALSE, FALSE, 
                                         fileAction, fileAction, NULL) == FALSE) {
                         return EXIT_FAILURE;