diff --git a/btrfs.c b/btrfs.c
index 9416a298..14b556bb 100644
--- a/btrfs.c
+++ b/btrfs.c
@@ -172,20 +172,24 @@ static int cmd_version(int argc, char **argv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void handle_options(int *argc, char ***argv)
+static void check_options(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	if (*argc > 0) {
-		const char *arg = (*argv)[0];
-		if (arg[0] != '-' ||
-		    !strcmp(arg, "--help") ||
-		    !strcmp(arg, "--version"))
-			return;
-		fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option: %s\n", arg);
-		fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s\n",
-			btrfs_cmd_group.usagestr[0]);
-		exit(129);
-	}
-	return;
+	const char *arg;
+
+	if (argc == 0)
+		return;
+
+	arg = argv[0];
+
+	if (arg[0] != '-' ||
+	    !strcmp(arg, "--help") ||
+	    !strcmp(arg, "--version"))
+		return;
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option: %s\n", arg);
+	fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s\n",
+		btrfs_cmd_group.usagestr[0]);
+	exit(129);
 }
 
 static const struct cmd_group btrfs_cmd_group = {
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	} else {
 		argc--;
 		argv++;
-		handle_options(&argc, &argv);
+		check_options(argc, argv);
 		if (argc > 0) {
 			if (!prefixcmp(argv[0], "--"))
 				argv[0] += 2;