1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/getopt32.c b/libbb/getopt32.c
index cd890323e..913a009b0 100644
--- a/libbb/getopt32.c
+++ b/libbb/getopt32.c
@@ -497,8 +497,9 @@ getopt32(char **argv, const char *applet_opts, ...)
                if (argv[1] && argv[1][0] != '-' && argv[1][1] != '\0') {
 #if DONT_USE_PRINTF
                        char *pp = alloca(strlen(argv[1]) + 2);
-                        *pp++ = '-';
+                        *pp = '-';
-                        argv[1] = strcpy(pp, argv[1]);
+                        strcpy(pp + 1, argv[1]);
+                        argv[1] = pp;
 #else
                        argv[1] = xasprintf("-%s", argv[1]);
                        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)