diff --git a/src/tm_mad/ssh/clone.replica b/src/tm_mad/ssh/clone.replica
index 1a3f3ec0fa..1f00605f0c 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/ssh/clone.replica
+++ b/src/tm_mad/ssh/clone.replica
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ else
         fi
 
         cd $SRC_DIR
-        tar --transform="flags=r;s|$SRC_FILE|$DST_FILE|" -cSf - $SRC_FILE \$SRC_SNAP | \
-            ssh $REPLICA_SSH_OPTS ${REPLICA_STORAGE_IP:-$DST_HOST} "tar xSf - -C $DST_DIR"
+        $TAR --transform="flags=r;s|$SRC_FILE|$DST_FILE|" -cSf - $SRC_FILE \$SRC_SNAP | \
+            ssh $REPLICA_SSH_OPTS ${REPLICA_STORAGE_IP:-$DST_HOST} "$TAR xSf - -C $DST_DIR"
 EOF
 )
 fi