diff --git a/argvsplit.c b/argvsplit.c
index c99b27a..2c00236 100644
--- a/argvsplit.c
+++ b/argvsplit.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int argv_split(const char *src, int *argc, char ***argv)
 		}
 		else if (isspace(*src_iter))
 		{
-			if (*(src_iter - 2) != '-' && (*argv)[argc_count] != NULL)
+			if (*(src_iter + 1) == '-' && (*argv)[argc_count] != NULL)
 			{
 				argc_count++, dst_iter++;