diff --git a/tc/m_ct.c b/tc/m_ct.c
index 8589cb9a..d79eb5e3 100644
--- a/tc/m_ct.c
+++ b/tc/m_ct.c
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ parse_ct(struct action_util *a, int *argc_p, char ***argv_p, int tca_id,
 
 	parse_action_control_dflt(&argc, &argv, &sel.action, false,
 				  TC_ACT_PIPE);
-	NEXT_ARG_FWD();
 
 	addattr16(n, MAX_MSG, TCA_CT_ACTION, ct_action);
 	addattr_l(n, MAX_MSG, TCA_CT_PARMS, &sel, sizeof(sel));