1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/printf.c b/coreutils/printf.c
index 45d761d1c..d2b715406 100644
--- a/coreutils/printf.c
+++ b/coreutils/printf.c
@@ -423,7 +423,15 @@ static char **print_formatted(char *f, char **argv, int *conv_err)
                                 printf(s);
                                 return saved_argv; /* causes main() to exit */
                         }
-                        *t++ = bb_process_escape_sequence((const char **)&f);
+                        *t = bb_process_escape_sequence((const char **)&f);
+                        if (*t == '\0') {
+                                printf(s);
+                                bb_putchar(*t);
+                                t = s;
+                        }
+                        else {
+                                ++t;
+                        }
                         f--;
                         break;
                 default: