diff --git a/firewall/firewall-lib.pl b/firewall/firewall-lib.pl
index 30e4da450..be7fb48bb 100755
--- a/firewall/firewall-lib.pl
+++ b/firewall/firewall-lib.pl
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ else {
 # Create (if necessary) the Webmin iptables init script
 sub create_webmin_init
 {
-local $res = &iptable_restore_command();
+local $res = &iptables_restore_command();
 local $ipt = &has_command("ip${ipvx}tables");
 local $out = &backquote_command("$res -h 2>&1 </dev/null");
 if ($out =~ /\s+-w\s+/) {