diff --git a/src/faudit/main.c b/src/faudit/main.c
index 8ab0de5a6..57c709767 100644
--- a/src/faudit/main.c
+++ b/src/faudit/main.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		int i;
 
 		for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-			if (strcmp(argv[i], "syscall")) {
+			if (strcmp(argv[i], "syscall") == 0) {
 				syscall_helper(argc, argv);
 				return 0;
 			}
diff --git a/src/faudit/syscall.c b/src/faudit/syscall.c
index 2925a6c30..9661f81e6 100644
--- a/src/faudit/syscall.c
+++ b/src/faudit/syscall.c
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ extern int pivot_root(const char *new_root, const char *put_old);
 void syscall_helper(int argc, char **argv) {
 	(void) argc;
 
+	if (argc < 3)
+		return;
+
 	if (strcmp(argv[2], "mount") == 0) {
 		int rv = mount(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL);
 		(void) rv;