diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index 3ecd20cc74..08a54a469e 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -912,57 +912,53 @@ int systemctl_dispatch_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         assert(argc >= 0);
         assert(argv);
 
-        if (program_invocation_short_name) {
+        if (strstr_ptr(argv[0], "halt")) {
+                arg_action = ACTION_HALT;
+                return halt_parse_argv(argc, argv);
 
-                if (strstr(program_invocation_short_name, "halt")) {
-                        arg_action = ACTION_HALT;
-                        return halt_parse_argv(argc, argv);
+        } else if (strstr_ptr(argv[0], "poweroff")) {
+                arg_action = ACTION_POWEROFF;
+                return halt_parse_argv(argc, argv);
 
-                } else if (strstr(program_invocation_short_name, "poweroff")) {
-                        arg_action = ACTION_POWEROFF;
-                        return halt_parse_argv(argc, argv);
+        } else if (strstr_ptr(argv[0], "reboot")) {
+                if (kexec_loaded())
+                        arg_action = ACTION_KEXEC;
+                else
+                        arg_action = ACTION_REBOOT;
+                return halt_parse_argv(argc, argv);
 
-                } else if (strstr(program_invocation_short_name, "reboot")) {
-                        if (kexec_loaded())
-                                arg_action = ACTION_KEXEC;
-                        else
-                                arg_action = ACTION_REBOOT;
-                        return halt_parse_argv(argc, argv);
+        } else if (strstr_ptr(argv[0], "shutdown")) {
+                arg_action = ACTION_POWEROFF;
+                return shutdown_parse_argv(argc, argv);
 
-                } else if (strstr(program_invocation_short_name, "shutdown")) {
-                        arg_action = ACTION_POWEROFF;
-                        return shutdown_parse_argv(argc, argv);
+        } else if (strstr_ptr(argv[0], "init")) {
 
-                } else if (strstr(program_invocation_short_name, "init")) {
+                /* Matches invocations as "init" as well as "telinit", which are synonymous when run
+                 * as PID != 1 on SysV.
+                 *
+                 * On SysV "telinit" was the official command to communicate with PID 1, but "init" would
+                 * redirect itself to "telinit" if called with PID != 1. We follow the same logic here still,
+                 * though we add one level of indirection, as we implement "telinit" in "systemctl". Hence,
+                 * for us if you invoke "init" you get "systemd", but it will execve() "systemctl"
+                 * immediately with argv[] unmodified if PID is != 1. If you invoke "telinit" you directly
+                 * get "systemctl". In both cases we shall do the same thing, which is why we do
+                 * strstr_ptr(argv[0], "init") here, as a quick way to match both.
+                 *
+                 * Also see redirect_telinit() in src/core/main.c. */
 
-                        /* Matches invocations as "init" as well as "telinit", which are synonymous when run
-                         * as PID != 1 on SysV.
-                         *
-                         * On SysV "telinit" was the official command to communicate with PID 1, but "init" would
-                         * redirect itself to "telinit" if called with PID != 1. We follow the same logic here still,
-                         * though we add one level of indirection, as we implement "telinit" in "systemctl". Hence, for
-                         * us if you invoke "init" you get "systemd", but it will execve() "systemctl" immediately with
-                         * argv[] unmodified if PID is != 1. If you invoke "telinit" you directly get "systemctl". In
-                         * both cases we shall do the same thing, which is why we do strstr(p_i_s_n, "init") here, as a
-                         * quick way to match both.
-                         *
-                         * Also see redirect_telinit() in src/core/main.c. */
-
-                        if (sd_booted() > 0) {
-                                arg_action = _ACTION_INVALID;
-                                return telinit_parse_argv(argc, argv);
-                        } else {
-                                /* Hmm, so some other init system is running, we need to forward this request
-                                 * to it. */
-
-                                arg_action = ACTION_TELINIT;
-                                return 1;
-                        }
-
-                } else if (strstr(program_invocation_short_name, "runlevel")) {
-                        arg_action = ACTION_RUNLEVEL;
-                        return runlevel_parse_argv(argc, argv);
+                if (sd_booted() > 0) {
+                        arg_action = _ACTION_INVALID;
+                        return telinit_parse_argv(argc, argv);
+                } else {
+                        /* Hmm, so some other init system is running, we need to forward this request to it.
+                         */
+                        arg_action = ACTION_TELINIT;
+                        return 1;
                 }
+
+        } else if (strstr_ptr(argv[0], "runlevel")) {
+                arg_action = ACTION_RUNLEVEL;
+                return runlevel_parse_argv(argc, argv);
         }
 
         arg_action = ACTION_SYSTEMCTL;
diff --git a/test/fuzz/fuzz-systemctl-parse-argv/help.input b/test/fuzz/fuzz-systemctl-parse-argv/help.input
index 95626348b0..be0631301b 100644
Binary files a/test/fuzz/fuzz-systemctl-parse-argv/help.input and b/test/fuzz/fuzz-systemctl-parse-argv/help.input differ