1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/watch.c b/coreutils/watch.c
index 7b9c6698a..b1a7d9086 100644
--- a/coreutils/watch.c
+++ b/coreutils/watch.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ int watch_main(int argc, char **argv)
         /* don't use getopt, because it permutes the arguments */
         ++argv;
         if ((argc > 3) && argv[0][0] == '-' && argv[0][1] == 'n') {
-                period = bb_xgetularg10_bnd(argv[1], 1, UINT_MAX);
+                period = xatou(argv[1]);
                 argv += 2;
         }
         watched_argv = argv;