diff --git a/packaging/printing/smbprint b/packaging/printing/smbprint
index a21385aa25c..5439207c041 100644
--- a/packaging/printing/smbprint
+++ b/packaging/printing/smbprint
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #   Extract the directory name from the file name.
 #   Concat this with /.config to get the config file.
 #
-eval acct_file=\${$#}
+eval acct_file="\${$#}"
 spool_dir=$(dirname $acct_file)
 config_file=$spool_dir/.config