diff --git a/archival/ar.c b/archival/ar.c
index a1bcb1f9c..1b43502ca 100644
--- a/archival/ar.c
+++ b/archival/ar.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static void FAST_FUNC header_verbose_list_ar(const file_header_t *file_header)
 #define AR_OPT_INSERT		0x40
 
 int ar_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int ar_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int ar_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	static const char msg_unsupported_err[] ALIGN1 =
 		"archive %s is not supported";
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ int ar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* Prepend '-' to the first argument if required */
 	opt_complementary = "--:p:t:x:-1:p--tx:t--px:x--pt";
 	opt = getopt32(argv, "ptxovcr");
+	argv += optind;
 
 	if (opt & AR_CTX_PRINT) {
 		archive_handle->action_data = data_extract_to_stdout;
@@ -76,9 +77,9 @@ int ar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	archive_handle->src_fd = xopen(argv[optind++], O_RDONLY);
 
-	while (optind < argc) {
+	while (*argv) {
 		archive_handle->filter = filter_accept_list;
-		llist_add_to(&(archive_handle->accept), argv[optind++]);
+		llist_add_to(&archive_handle->accept, *argv++);
 	}
 
 	unpack_ar_archive(archive_handle);
diff --git a/archival/rpm.c b/archival/rpm.c
index 27c6b78a1..cdaf50fa9 100644
--- a/archival/rpm.c
+++ b/archival/rpm.c
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ int rpm_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	argv += optind;
 	//argc -= optind;
-	if (!argv[0]) bb_show_usage();
+	if (!argv[0]) {
+		bb_show_usage();
+	}
 
 	while (*argv) {
 		rpm_fd = xopen(*argv++, O_RDONLY);
diff --git a/coreutils/cal.c b/coreutils/cal.c
index 7973b82a1..1f498fb7f 100644
--- a/coreutils/cal.c
+++ b/coreutils/cal.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static char *build_row(char *p, unsigned *dp);
 #define	HEAD_SEP	2		/* spaces between day headings */
 
 int cal_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int cal_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int cal_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	struct tm *local_time;
 	struct tm zero_tm;
@@ -92,13 +92,8 @@ int cal_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	option_mask32 &= 1;
 	month = 0;
 	argv += optind;
-	argc -= optind;
 
-	if (argc > 2) {
-		bb_show_usage();
-	}
-
-	if (!argc) {
+	if (!argv[0]) {
 		time(&now);
 		local_time = localtime(&now);
 		year = local_time->tm_year + 1900;
@@ -106,7 +101,10 @@ int cal_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			month = local_time->tm_mon + 1;
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (argc == 2) {
+		if (argv[1]) {
+			if (argv[2]) {
+				bb_show_usage();
+			}
 			month = xatou_range(*argv++, 1, 12);
 		}
 		year = xatou_range(*argv, 1, 9999);
diff --git a/coreutils/hostid.c b/coreutils/hostid.c
index 6f007d847..a537e3ad6 100644
--- a/coreutils/hostid.c
+++ b/coreutils/hostid.c
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 /* This is a NOFORK applet. Be very careful! */
 
 int hostid_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int hostid_main(int argc, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
+int hostid_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 {
-	if (argc > 1) {
+	if (argv[1]) {
 		bb_show_usage();
 	}
 
diff --git a/coreutils/logname.c b/coreutils/logname.c
index 7e5013255..8357b9a33 100644
--- a/coreutils/logname.c
+++ b/coreutils/logname.c
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 /* This is a NOFORK applet. Be very careful! */
 
 int logname_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int logname_main(int argc, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
+int logname_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 {
 	char buf[64];
 
-	if (argc > 1) {
+	if (argv[1]) {
 		bb_show_usage();
 	}
 
diff --git a/coreutils/nohup.c b/coreutils/nohup.c
index c9e65d2ba..4f6385f8e 100644
--- a/coreutils/nohup.c
+++ b/coreutils/nohup.c
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ int nohup_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
 	xfunc_error_retval = 127;
 
-	if (!argv[1]) bb_show_usage();
+	if (!argv[1]) {
+		bb_show_usage();
+	}
 
 	/* If stdin is a tty, detach from it. */
 	if (isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
diff --git a/coreutils/uuencode.c b/coreutils/uuencode.c
index e19f99676..bf661851d 100644
--- a/coreutils/uuencode.c
+++ b/coreutils/uuencode.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ enum {
 };
 
 int uuencode_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int uuencode_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int uuencode_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	struct stat stat_buf;
 	int src_fd = STDIN_FILENO;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int uuencode_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		tbl = bb_uuenc_tbl_base64;
 	}
 	argv += optind;
-	if (argc == optind + 2) {
+	if (argv[1]) {
 		src_fd = xopen(*argv, O_RDONLY);
 		fstat(src_fd, &stat_buf);
 		mode = stat_buf.st_mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
diff --git a/coreutils/whoami.c b/coreutils/whoami.c
index 1031cdbf8..22d722ec7 100644
--- a/coreutils/whoami.c
+++ b/coreutils/whoami.c
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 /* This is a NOFORK applet. Be very careful! */
 
 int whoami_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int whoami_main(int argc, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
+int whoami_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 {
-	if (argc > 1)
+	if (argv[1])
 		bb_show_usage();
 
 	/* Will complain and die if username not found */
diff --git a/findutils/find.c b/findutils/find.c
index 76cd18c1a..1b2466816 100644
--- a/findutils/find.c
+++ b/findutils/find.c
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ static action*** parse_params(char **argv)
 
 
 int find_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int find_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int find_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	static const char options[] ALIGN1 =
 	                  "-follow\0"
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ IF_FEATURE_FIND_MAXDEPTH(OPT_MINDEPTH,)
 
 	INIT_G();
 
-	for (firstopt = 1; firstopt < argc; firstopt++) {
+	for (firstopt = 1; argv[firstopt]; firstopt++) {
 		if (argv[firstopt][0] == '-')
 			break;
 		if (ENABLE_FEATURE_FIND_NOT && LONE_CHAR(argv[firstopt], '!'))
diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index 9dc2f1942..193b48c11 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static int grep_dir(const char *dir)
 }
 
 int grep_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int grep_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int grep_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	FILE *file;
 	int matched;
@@ -606,7 +606,6 @@ int grep_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	argv += optind;
-	argc -= optind;
 
 	/* if we didn't get a pattern from -e and no command file was specified,
 	 * first parameter should be the pattern. no pattern, no worky */
@@ -616,12 +615,11 @@ int grep_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			bb_show_usage();
 		pattern = new_grep_list_data(*argv++, 0);
 		llist_add_to(&pattern_head, pattern);
-		argc--;
 	}
 
 	/* argv[0..(argc-1)] should be names of file to grep through. If
 	 * there is more than one file to grep, we will print the filenames. */
-	if (argc > 1)
+	if (argv[0] && argv[1])
 		print_filename = 1;
 	/* -H / -h of course override */
 	if (option_mask32 & OPT_H)
@@ -633,7 +631,7 @@ int grep_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 * stdin. Otherwise, we grep through all the files specified. */
 	matched = 0;
 	do {
-		cur_file = *argv++;
+		cur_file = *argv;
 		file = stdin;
 		if (!cur_file || LONE_DASH(cur_file)) {
 			cur_file = "(standard input)";
@@ -659,7 +657,7 @@ int grep_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		matched += grep_file(file);
 		fclose_if_not_stdin(file);
  grep_done: ;
-	} while (--argc > 0);
+	} while (*argv && *++argv);
 
 	/* destroy all the elments in the pattern list */
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP) {
diff --git a/init/mesg.c b/init/mesg.c
index ca230f363..2e8b16e5d 100644
--- a/init/mesg.c
+++ b/init/mesg.c
@@ -16,21 +16,23 @@
 #endif
 
 int mesg_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int mesg_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int mesg_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	struct stat sb;
 	const char *tty;
 	char c = 0;
 
-	if (--argc == 0
-	 || (argc == 1 && ((c = **++argv) == 'y' || c == 'n'))
+	argv++;
+
+	if (!argv[0]
+	 || (!argv[1] && ((c = argv[0][0]) == 'y' || c == 'n'))
 	) {
 		tty = xmalloc_ttyname(STDERR_FILENO);
 		if (tty == NULL) {
 			tty = "ttyname";
 		} else if (stat(tty, &sb) == 0) {
 			mode_t m;
-			if (argc == 0) {
+			if (c == 0) {
 				puts((sb.st_mode & (S_IWGRP|S_IWOTH)) ? "is y" : "is n");
 				return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 			}
diff --git a/miscutils/last.c b/miscutils/last.c
index f8c301395..6e3ed9093 100644
--- a/miscutils/last.c
+++ b/miscutils/last.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #endif
 
 int last_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int last_main(int argc, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
+int last_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 {
 	struct utmp ut;
 	int n, file = STDIN_FILENO;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int last_main(int argc, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 		TYPE_OLD_TIME	/* OLD_TIME, 4 */
 	};
 
-	if (argc > 1) {
+	if (argv[1]) {
 		bb_show_usage();
 	}
 	file = xopen(bb_path_wtmp_file, O_RDONLY);
diff --git a/miscutils/readahead.c b/miscutils/readahead.c
index fb71ce85f..f3b21a2fc 100644
--- a/miscutils/readahead.c
+++ b/miscutils/readahead.c
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 int readahead_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int readahead_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int readahead_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
-	if (argc == 1) bb_show_usage();
+	if (!argv[1]) {
+		bb_show_usage();
+	}
 
 	while (*++argv) {
 		int fd = open_or_warn(*argv, O_RDONLY);
diff --git a/miscutils/ttysize.c b/miscutils/ttysize.c
index 05455543d..ca9a2ec8d 100644
--- a/miscutils/ttysize.c
+++ b/miscutils/ttysize.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 int ttysize_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int ttysize_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int ttysize_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	unsigned w, h;
 	struct winsize wsz;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ int ttysize_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		h = wsz.ws_row;
 	}
 
-	if (argc == 1) {
+	if (!argv[1]) {
 		printf("%u %u", w, h);
 	} else {
 		const char *fmt, *arg;
diff --git a/networking/ifconfig.c b/networking/ifconfig.c
index 863d6e44a..1e960d45c 100644
--- a/networking/ifconfig.c
+++ b/networking/ifconfig.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static int in_ether(const char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap);
  * Our main function.
  */
 int ifconfig_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int ifconfig_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int ifconfig_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	struct ifreq ifr;
 	struct sockaddr_in sai;
@@ -291,19 +291,17 @@ int ifconfig_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* skip argv[0] */
 	++argv;
-	--argc;
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_STATUS
-	if (argc > 0 && (argv[0][0] == '-' && argv[0][1] == 'a' && !argv[0][2])) {
+	if (argv[0] && (argv[0][0] == '-' && argv[0][1] == 'a' && !argv[0][2])) {
 		interface_opt_a = 1;
-		--argc;
 		++argv;
 	}
 #endif
 
-	if (argc <= 1) {
+	if (!argv[0] || !argv[1]) { /* one or no args */
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_STATUS
-		return display_interfaces(argc ? *argv : NULL);
+		return display_interfaces(argv[0] /* can be NULL */);
 #else
 		bb_error_msg_and_die("no support for status display");
 #endif
diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index d28c0b867..51b36263f 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ static llist_t *read_iface_state(void)
 
 
 int ifupdown_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int ifupdown_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int ifupdown_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	int (*cmds)(struct interface_defn_t *);
 	struct interfaces_file_t *defn;
@@ -1161,7 +1161,8 @@ int ifupdown_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	getopt32(argv, OPTION_STR, &interfaces);
-	if (argc - optind > 0) {
+	argv += optind;
+	if (argv[0]) {
 		if (DO_ALL) bb_show_usage();
 	} else {
 		if (!DO_ALL) bb_show_usage();
@@ -1175,7 +1176,7 @@ int ifupdown_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (DO_ALL) {
 		target_list = defn->autointerfaces;
 	} else {
-		llist_add_to_end(&target_list, argv[optind]);
+		llist_add_to_end(&target_list, argv[0]);
 	}
 
 	/* Update the interfaces */
diff --git a/networking/nc_bloaty.c b/networking/nc_bloaty.c
index ad98bed30..9d7c23dee 100644
--- a/networking/nc_bloaty.c
+++ b/networking/nc_bloaty.c
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ Debug("wrote %d to net, errno %d", rr, errno);
 
 /* main: now we pull it all together... */
 int nc_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int nc_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int nc_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	char *str_p, *str_s;
 	IF_NC_EXTRA(char *str_i, *str_o;)
@@ -702,7 +702,6 @@ int nc_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	while (*++proggie) {
 		if (strcmp(*proggie, "-e") == 0) {
 			*proggie = NULL;
-			argc = proggie - argv;
 			proggie++;
 			goto e_found;
 		}
diff --git a/networking/zcip.c b/networking/zcip.c
index df4c0ec2d..a4da5cbcd 100644
--- a/networking/zcip.c
+++ b/networking/zcip.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static ALWAYS_INLINE unsigned random_delay_ms(unsigned secs)
  * main program
  */
 int zcip_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int zcip_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int zcip_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	int state;
 	char *r_opt;
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ int zcip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("invalid link address");
 		}
 	}
-	argc -= optind;
 	argv += optind - 1;
 
 	/* Now: argv[0]:junk argv[1]:intf argv[2]:script argv[3]:NULL */
diff --git a/procps/free.c b/procps/free.c
index e76dd21a5..b13859103 100644
--- a/procps/free.c
+++ b/procps/free.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 int free_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int free_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int free_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	struct sysinfo info;
 	sysinfo(&info);
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int free_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		info.bufferram*=info.mem_unit;
 	}
 
-	if (argc > 1 && *argv[1] == '-')
+	if (argv[1] && argv[1][0] == '-')
 		bb_show_usage();
 
 	printf("%6s%13s%13s%13s%13s%13s\n", "", "total", "used", "free",
diff --git a/procps/nmeter.c b/procps/nmeter.c
index 5c3525dc7..bb1e819a6 100644
--- a/procps/nmeter.c
+++ b/procps/nmeter.c
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ static init_func *const init_functions[] = {
 };
 
 int nmeter_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int nmeter_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int nmeter_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	char buf[32];
 	s_stat *first = NULL;
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ int nmeter_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	xchdir("/proc");
 
-	if (argc != 2)
+	if (!argv[1])
 		bb_show_usage();
 
 	if (open_read_close("version", buf, sizeof(buf)-1) > 0) {
diff --git a/selinux/load_policy.c b/selinux/load_policy.c
index 4bc873e81..ea7c9132a 100644
--- a/selinux/load_policy.c
+++ b/selinux/load_policy.c
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 int load_policy_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int load_policy_main(int argc, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
+int load_policy_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	if (argc != 1) {
+	if (argv[1]) {
 		bb_show_usage();
 	}
 
diff --git a/selinux/setenforce.c b/selinux/setenforce.c
index a2d04288b..45f82238c 100644
--- a/selinux/setenforce.c
+++ b/selinux/setenforce.c
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ static const char *const setenforce_cmd[] = {
 };
 
 int setenforce_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int setenforce_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int setenforce_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	int i, rc;
 
-	if (argc != 2)
+	if (!argv[1] || argv[2])
 		bb_show_usage();
 
 	selinux_or_die();
diff --git a/selinux/setfiles.c b/selinux/setfiles.c
index 0a4643784..4686d8042 100644
--- a/selinux/setfiles.c
+++ b/selinux/setfiles.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static int process_one(char *name)
 }
 
 int setfiles_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int setfiles_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int setfiles_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	struct stat sb;
 	int rc, i = 0;
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ int setfiles_main(int argc, char **argv)
 				 IF_FEATURE_SETFILES_CHECK_OPTION(&policyfile,)
 			&verbose);
 	}
+	argv += optind;
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_SETFILES_CHECK_OPTION
 	if ((applet_name[0] == 's') && (flags & OPT_c)) {
@@ -595,24 +596,20 @@ int setfiles_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		   we can support either checking against the active policy or
 		   checking against a binary policy file. */
 		set_matchpathcon_canoncon(&canoncon);
-		if (argc == 1)
+		if (!argv[0])
 			bb_show_usage();
-		if (stat(argv[optind], &sb) < 0) {
-			bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(argv[optind]);
-		}
+		xstat(argv[0], &sb);
 		if (!S_ISREG(sb.st_mode)) {
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("spec file %s is not a regular file", argv[optind]);
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("spec file %s is not a regular file", argv[0]);
 		}
 		/* Load the file contexts configuration and check it. */
-		rc = matchpathcon_init(argv[optind]);
+		rc = matchpathcon_init(argv[0]);
 		if (rc < 0) {
-			bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(argv[optind]);
+			bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(argv[0]);
 		}
-
-		optind++;
-
 		if (nerr)
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		argv++;
 	}
 
 	if (input_filename) {
@@ -628,9 +625,9 @@ int setfiles_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
 			fclose_if_not_stdin(f);
 	} else {
-		if (optind >= argc)
+		if (!argv[0])
 			bb_show_usage();
-		for (i = optind; i < argc; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; argv[i]; i++) {
 			errors |= process_one(argv[i]);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/shell/bbsh.c b/shell/bbsh.c
index c3726263a..83132f928 100644
--- a/shell/bbsh.c
+++ b/shell/bbsh.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static void handle(char *command)
 }
 
 int bbsh_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int bbsh_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int bbsh_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	char *command=NULL;
 	FILE *f;
diff --git a/sysklogd/logger.c b/sysklogd/logger.c
index 759981c75..def833070 100644
--- a/sysklogd/logger.c
+++ b/sysklogd/logger.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int pencode(char *s)
 #define strbuf bb_common_bufsiz1
 
 int logger_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int logger_main(int argc, char **argv)
+int logger_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	char *str_p, *str_t;
 	int opt;
@@ -89,9 +89,8 @@ int logger_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (opt & 0x1) /* -p */
 		i = pencode(str_p);
 
-	argc -= optind;
 	argv += optind;
-	if (!argc) {
+	if (!argv[0]) {
 		while (fgets(strbuf, COMMON_BUFSIZE, stdin)) {
 			if (strbuf[0]
 			 && NOT_LONE_CHAR(strbuf, '\n')
diff --git a/util-linux/acpid.c b/util-linux/acpid.c
index 7dd4f5b15..342930964 100644
--- a/util-linux/acpid.c
+++ b/util-linux/acpid.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ int acpid_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	argv += optind;
+	argc -= optind;
 
 	// goto configuration directory
 	xchdir(opt_conf);
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ int acpid_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	// evdev files given, use evdev interface
 
 	// open event devices
-	pfd = xzalloc(sizeof(*pfd) * (argc - optind));
+	pfd = xzalloc(sizeof(*pfd) * argc);
 	nfd = 0;
 	while (*argv) {
 		pfd[nfd].fd = open_or_warn(*argv++, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);