diff --git a/coreutils/cp.c b/coreutils/cp.c
index b7f0e290f..50ca1ccea 100644
--- a/coreutils/cp.c
+++ b/coreutils/cp.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ int cp_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	/* else: last is DIR from "t -DIR" */
+	/* else: last is DIR from "-t DIR" */
 
 	while (1) {
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_CP_LONG_OPTIONS
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ int cp_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (copy_file(*argv, dest, flags) < 0) {
 			status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
-		if (*++argv == last) {
+		if (!*++argv || *argv == last) {
 			/* possibly leaking dest... */
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/coreutils/mv.c b/coreutils/mv.c
index eae2e99bb..fd2422683 100644
--- a/coreutils/mv.c
+++ b/coreutils/mv.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ int mv_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			/* else: fall through into "do { move SRC to DIR/SRC } while" loop */
 		}
 	}
-	/* else: last is DIR from "t -DIR" */
+	/* else: last is DIR from "-t DIR" */
 
 	do {
 		dest = concat_path_file(last, bb_get_last_path_component_strip(*argv));
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ int mv_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (dest != last) {
 			free((void *) dest);
 		}
-	} while (*++argv != last);
+	} while (*++argv && *argv != last);
 
 	return status;
 }
diff --git a/testsuite/mv/mv-files-to-dir-2 b/testsuite/mv/mv-files-to-dir-2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e189ebb6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/mv/mv-files-to-dir-2
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+echo file number one > file1
+echo file number two > file2
+ln -s file2 link1
+mkdir dir1
+TZ=UTC0 touch -d '2000-01-30 05:24:08' dir1/file3
+mkdir there
+busybox mv -t there file1 file2 link1 dir1
+test -f there/file1
+test -f there/file2
+test -f there/dir1/file3
+test -L there/link1
+test xfile2 = x`readlink there/link1`
+test ! -e file1
+test ! -e file2
+test ! -e link1
+test ! -e dir1/file3