diff --git a/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs b/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs
index 00bebbf4dcb..37ec59866b7 100644
--- a/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs
+++ b/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ impl CsplitOptions {
 ///   more than once.
 pub fn csplit<T>(
     options: &CsplitOptions,
-    patterns: Vec<patterns::Pattern>,
+    patterns: Vec<String>,
     input: T,
 ) -> Result<(), CsplitError>
 where
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ where
 {
     let mut input_iter = InputSplitter::new(input.lines().enumerate());
     let mut split_writer = SplitWriter::new(options);
+    let patterns: Vec<patterns::Pattern> = patterns::get_patterns(&patterns[..])?;
     let ret = do_csplit(&mut split_writer, patterns, &mut input_iter);
 
     // consume the rest
@@ -563,7 +564,6 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         .unwrap()
         .map(|s| s.to_string())
         .collect();
-    let patterns = patterns::get_patterns(&patterns[..])?;
     let options = CsplitOptions::new(&matches);
     if file_name == "-" {
         let stdin = io::stdin();
diff --git a/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit_error.rs b/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit_error.rs
index 1559a29f8bc..4a83b637b07 100644
--- a/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit_error.rs
+++ b/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit_error.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub enum CsplitError {
     MatchNotFound(String),
     #[error("{}: match not found on repetition {}", ._0.quote(), _1)]
     MatchNotFoundOnRepetition(String, usize),
-    #[error("line number must be greater than zero")]
+    #[error("0: line number must be greater than zero")]
     LineNumberIsZero,
     #[error("line number '{}' is smaller than preceding line number, {}", _0, _1)]
     LineNumberSmallerThanPrevious(usize, usize),
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_csplit.rs b/tests/by-util/test_csplit.rs
index fb4f4cc2a02..b52c44b0e47 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_csplit.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_csplit.rs
@@ -1359,3 +1359,20 @@ fn precision_format() {
         assert_eq!(at.read("xx 0x001"), generate(10, 51));
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn zero_error() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    at.touch("in");
+    ucmd.args(&["in", "0"])
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_contains("0: line number must be greater");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn no_such_file() {
+    let (_, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    ucmd.args(&["in", "0"])
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_contains("cannot access 'in': No such file or directory");
+}