diff --git a/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c b/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c
index fd6ee9f2fcf9c3b3e64fb26f6b337eb1e8d879fc..3fa934c50b637b7c645ee4ddcc57d4c37413397f 100644
--- a/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c
+++ b/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c
@@ -517,7 +517,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   /* Parse our arguments; every option seen by parse_opt will be
      reflected in arguments. */
-  parse_args(argc, argv, &g_args);
+  if (argc > 1)
+    parse_args(argc, argv, &g_args);
 
   argp_parse(&argp, argc, argv, 0, 0, &g_args);