diff --git a/tc/m_gact.c b/tc/m_gact.c
index dca2a2f9..b06e8ee9 100644
--- a/tc/m_gact.c
+++ b/tc/m_gact.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ parse_gact(struct action_util *a, int *argc_p, char ***argv_p,
 		return -1;
 
 	if (!matches(*argv, "gact"))
-		NEXT_ARG_FWD();
+		NEXT_ARG();
 	/* we're binding existing gact action to filter by index. */
 	if (!matches(*argv, "index"))
 		goto skip_args;