1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 88a815de6..e6c134e3b 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -694,7 +694,9 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (*argv[optind] == '-') {
+	/* Check if we are reading from stdin */
+	if ((argv[optind]) && (*argv[optind] == '-')) {
+		/* Default is to read from stdin, so just skip to next arg */
 		optind++;
 	}