1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/mkdir.c b/coreutils/mkdir.c
index a110165db..c837e9726 100644
--- a/coreutils/mkdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/mkdir.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static const char mkdir_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 #endif
 
 int mkdir_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int mkdir_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int mkdir_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
         mode_t mode = (mode_t)(-1);
         int status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
@@ -64,11 +64,9 @@ int mkdir_main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
 #endif
 
-        if (optind == argc) {
-                bb_show_usage();
-        }
-
         argv += optind;
+        if (!argv[0])
+                bb_show_usage();
 
         do {
                 if (bb_make_directory(*argv, mode, flags)) {