1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/strings.c b/miscutils/strings.c
index 36bcf8b17..1ff41ad9c 100644
--- a/miscutils/strings.c
+++ b/miscutils/strings.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int strings_main(int argc, char **argv)
         argc -= optind;
         argv += optind;
 
-        n = bb_xgetlarg(n_arg, 10, 1, INT_MAX);
+        n = xatoul_range(n_arg, 1, INT_MAX);
         string = xzalloc(n + 1);
         n--;
 
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ int strings_main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
 
         do {
-                if ((file = bb_wfopen(*argv, "r"))) {
+                file = bb_wfopen(*argv, "r");
+                if (file) {
 PIPE:
                         count = 0;
                         do {