diff --git a/libflashrom.c b/libflashrom.c
index 5402978..f8c90e0 100644
--- a/libflashrom.c
+++ b/libflashrom.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 		list_programmers_linebreak(0, 80, 0);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	return programmer_init(prog, prog_param);
+	return programmer_init(programmer_table[prog], prog_param);
 }
 
 /**