diff --git a/debugfs/util.c b/debugfs/util.c
index 770e7e10..bd5de79e 100644
--- a/debugfs/util.c
+++ b/debugfs/util.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ extern __s64 string_to_time(const char *arg)
 		/* interpret it as an integer */
 		arg++;
 	fallback:
-		ret = strtoll(arg+1, &tmp, 0);
+		ret = strtoll(arg, &tmp, 0);
 		if (*tmp)
 			return -1;
 		return ret;