diff --git a/src/tm_mad/vmfs/mvds b/src/tm_mad/vmfs/mvds
index b6167bdf5b..93588f9c42 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/vmfs/mvds
+++ b/src/tm_mad/vmfs/mvds
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ MVSCRIPT=$(cat <<EOF
 SRC_DISK_LN=\$($READLINK -f $SRC_DISK)
 DST_DISK_LN=\$($READLINK -f $DST_DISK)
 
-if [ \( -L $SRC_DISK \) -a \( "$SRC_DISK_LN" = "$DST_DISK_LN" \) ] ; then
+if [ \( -L $SRC_DISK \) -a \( "\$SRC_DISK_LN" = "\$DST_DISK_LN" \) ] ; then
     echo "Not moving files to image repo, they are the same"
 else
     $VMKFSTOOLS -U $DST_DISK