1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index 82a9094fbad..17b77adf752 100644
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ specified by the LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG environment variables.")
          ((or (string-equal argi "-u")
               (string-equal argi "-user"))
           (or argval
-              (setq argval (car args)
-                    args (cdr args)))
+              (setq args (cdr args)
+                    argval (car args)))
           (setq init-file-user argval
                 argval nil
                 args (cdr args)))