1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index 82092f600..d60e6d920 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ struct globals {
         SET_PTR_TO_GLOBALS(xzalloc(sizeof(G))); \
         less_gets_pos = -1; \
         empty_line_marker = "~"; \
-        num_files = 1; \
         current_file = 1; \
         eof_error = 1; \
         terminated = 1; \
@@ -1773,9 +1772,8 @@ int less_main(int argc, char **argv)
          *     (used by some setups for manpage display)
          */
         getopt32(argv, "EMmN~I" IF_FEATURE_LESS_TRUNCATE("S") /*ignored:*/"s");
-        argc -= optind;
         argv += optind;
-        num_files = argc;
+        num_files = argc - optind;
         files = argv;
 
         /* Another popular pager, most, detects when stdout