diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifieee80211.c b/sbin/ifconfig/ifieee80211.c
index 37f07092ddec..3ecdf0ebd0c3 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifieee80211.c
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifieee80211.c
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ DECL_CMD_FUNC(set80211meshforward, val, d)
 static
 DECL_CMD_FUNC(set80211meshpeering, val, d)
 {
-	set80211(s, IEEE80211_IOC_MESH_AP, atoi(val), 0, NULL);
+	set80211(s, IEEE80211_IOC_MESH_AP, d, 0, NULL);
 }
 
 static