diff --git a/recovery.cpp b/recovery.cpp
index b1a2900f..21f63301 100644
--- a/recovery.cpp
+++ b/recovery.cpp
@@ -1049,6 +1049,7 @@ Device::BuiltinAction start_recovery(Device* device, const std::vector<std::stri
         continue;
     }
   }
+  optind = 1;
 
   printf("stage is [%s]\n", stage.c_str());
   printf("reason is [%s]\n", reason);
diff --git a/recovery_main.cpp b/recovery_main.cpp
index e21c782d..5e82c6c1 100644
--- a/recovery_main.cpp
+++ b/recovery_main.cpp
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
       }
     }
   }
+  optind = 1;
 
   if (locale.empty()) {
     if (has_cache) {