1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apps/ecparam.c b/apps/ecparam.c
index 7889caccef..55d71f7fd4 100644
--- a/apps/ecparam.c
+++ b/apps/ecparam.c
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ int ecparam_main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
     }
     argc = opt_num_rest();
-    argv = opt_rest();
+    if (argc != 0)
+        goto opthelp;
+
     private = genkey ? 1 : 0;
 
     in = bio_open_default(infile, 'r', informat);