1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 0a420f685..df4058998 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ static NOINLINE int expand_vars_to_list(o_string *output, int n, char *arg, char
                         /* lookup the variable in question */
                         if (isdigit(var[0])) {
                                 /* parse_dollar() should have vetted var for us */
-                                i = xatoi_u(var);
+                                i = xatoi_positive(var);
                                 if (i < G.global_argc)
                                         val = G.global_argv[i];
                                 /* else val remains NULL: $N with too big N */