1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/eshell/esh-cmd.el b/lisp/eshell/esh-cmd.el
index ef64fa95867..79df4d5ffba 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/esh-cmd.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/esh-cmd.el
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ messages, and errors."
                         (if (and (stringp arg)
                                  (> (length arg) 0)
                                  (get-text-property 0 'number arg))
-                            (setcar a (string-to-number arg))))
+                            (setcar args (string-to-number arg))))
                       (setq args (cdr args))))
                   (eshell-apply object eshell-last-arguments))
               (setq eshell-last-arguments args