diff --git a/miscutils/setsid.c b/miscutils/setsid.c
index fd3283e..60ee062 100644
--- a/miscutils/setsid.c
+++ b/miscutils/setsid.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 		setsid();
 	}
 
-	BB_EXECVP(argv[1], argv + 1);
-	bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(argv[1]);
+	argv++;
+	BB_EXECVP(argv[0], argv);
+	bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't execute '%s'", argv[0]);
 }