diff --git a/man2/mount_setattr.2 b/man2/mount_setattr.2
index 597a941b5..ea0eb1957 100644
--- a/man2/mount_setattr.2
+++ b/man2/mount_setattr.2
@@ -951,13 +951,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 
-    char **new_argv = &argv[optind];
-    int new_argc = argc \- optind;
-    if (new_argc < 2)
+    if ((argc \- optind) < 2)
         exit_log("Missing source or target mount point\en");
 
-    const char *source = new_argv[0];
-    const char *target = new_argv[1];
+    const char *source = argv[optind];
+    const char *target = argv[optind + 1];
 
     int fd_tree = open_tree(\-EBADF, source,
                        OPEN_TREE_CLONE | OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC |