diff --git a/kdump-lib.sh b/kdump-lib.sh
index 4df5315..e73ac09 100755
--- a/kdump-lib.sh
+++ b/kdump-lib.sh
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ is_raw_dump_target()
 
 strip_comments()
 {
-    echo $1 | sed -e 's/\(.*\)#.*/\1/'
+    echo $@ | sed -e 's/\(.*\)#.*/\1/'
 }