1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/chroot.c b/coreutils/chroot.c
index fcd70f21a..874ee917e 100644
--- a/coreutils/chroot.c
+++ b/coreutils/chroot.c
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ int chroot_main(int argc, char **argv)
         ++argv;
         if (argc == 2) {
                 argv -= 2;
-                if (!(*argv = getenv("SHELL"))) {
-                        *argv = (char *) DEFAULT_SHELL;
+                argv[0] = getenv("SHELL");
+                if (!argv[0]) {
+                        argv[0] = (char *) DEFAULT_SHELL;
                 }
                 argv[1] = (char *) "-i";
         }