diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellAuto.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellAuto.c
index fc78361f95d5e9f8a5689be9cfb6bd49ae33aa1f..d1c299ab225d6ed0c02d694cd7683f2fbf903d98 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellAuto.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellAuto.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ char * lastWord(char * p) {
   char * p2 = strrchr(p, ',');
 
   if (p1 && p2) {
-    return p1 > p2 ? p1 : p2 + 1;
+    return p1 > p2 ? p1 + 1 : p2 + 1;
   } else if (p1) {
     return p1 + 1;
   } else if(p2) {