diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index 897c961252fc..a053bd65dbdb 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -3745,9 +3745,10 @@ zpool_do_import(int argc, char **argv)
 		return (1);
 	}
 
-	err = import_pools(pools, props, mntopts, flags, argv[0],
-	    argc == 1 ? NULL : argv[1], do_destroyed, pool_specified,
-	    do_all, &idata);
+	err = import_pools(pools, props, mntopts, flags,
+	    argc >= 1 ? argv[0] : NULL,
+	    argc >= 2 ? argv[1] : NULL,
+	    do_destroyed, pool_specified, do_all, &idata);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we're using the cachefile and we failed to import, then
@@ -3767,9 +3768,10 @@ zpool_do_import(int argc, char **argv)
 		nvlist_free(pools);
 		pools = zpool_search_import(g_zfs, &idata, &libzfs_config_ops);
 
-		err = import_pools(pools, props, mntopts, flags, argv[0],
-		    argc == 1 ? NULL : argv[1], do_destroyed, pool_specified,
-		    do_all, &idata);
+		err = import_pools(pools, props, mntopts, flags,
+		    argc >= 1 ? argv[0] : NULL,
+		    argc >= 2 ? argv[1] : NULL,
+		    do_destroyed, pool_specified, do_all, &idata);
 	}
 
 error: