diff --git a/src/input.cpp b/src/input.cpp
index 8e7b3dce41..91d293f391 100644
--- a/src/input.cpp
+++ b/src/input.cpp
@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ Input::Input(int argc, char **argv)
   while (iarg < argc) {
     if (strcmp(argv[iarg],"-var") == 0) {
       variable->set(argv[iarg+1],argv[iarg+2]);
-      iarg += 2;
+      iarg += 3;
     } else if (strcmp(argv[iarg],"-echo") == 0) {
       narg = 1;
       char **tmp = arg;        // trick echo() into using argv instead of arg
       arg = &argv[iarg+1];
       echo();
       arg = tmp;
-      iarg += 3;
+      iarg += 2;
     } else iarg++;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/variable.cpp b/src/variable.cpp
index 6a0c0e9c8c..41dca953d4 100644
--- a/src/variable.cpp
+++ b/src/variable.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void Variable::set(char *name, char *value)
   if (nvar == maxvar) {
     maxvar += VARDELTA;
     names = (char **)
-      memory->srealloc(style,maxvar*sizeof(char *),"var:names");
+      memory->srealloc(names,maxvar*sizeof(char *),"var:names");
     style = (int *) memory->srealloc(style,maxvar*sizeof(int),"var:style");
     num = (int *) memory->srealloc(num,maxvar*sizeof(int),"var:num");
     index = (int *) memory->srealloc(index,maxvar*sizeof(int),"var:index");