diff --git a/applets/busybox.c b/applets/busybox.c
index be1f19ad2..344edc64c 100644
--- a/applets/busybox.c
+++ b/applets/busybox.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int busybox_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			printf("\n\n");
 			exit(0);
 		}
-	} else run_applet_by_name(bb_applet_name=argv[1], argc-1, argv+1);
+	} else run_applet_by_name(argv[1], argc-1, argv+1);
 
 	bb_error_msg_and_die("applet not found");
 }