diff --git a/setup.pl b/setup.pl
index 36670ba48..9a4c4d705 100755
--- a/setup.pl
+++ b/setup.pl
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ else {
 	print STOP "  echo Stopping Webmin server in $wadir\n";
 	print STOP "fi\n";
 	print STOP "pidfile=\`grep \"^pidfile=\" $config_directory/miniserv.conf | sed -e 's/pidfile=//g'\`\n";
-	print STOP "pid=\`cat \$pidfile\` 2>/dev/null\n";
+	print STOP "pid=\`cat \$pidfile 2>/dev/null\`\n";
 	print STOP "if [ \"\$pid\" != \"\" ]; then\n";
 	print STOP "  kill \$pid || exit 1\n";
 	print STOP "  touch $var_dir/stop-flag\n";
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index c52b4c802..37d125957 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ echo "else" >>$config_dir/.stop-init
 echo "  echo Stopping Webmin server in $wadir" >>$config_dir/.stop-init
 echo "fi" >>$config_dir/.stop-init
 echo "pidfile=\`grep \"^pidfile=\" $config_dir/miniserv.conf | sed -e 's/pidfile=//g'\`" >>$config_dir/.stop-init
-echo "pid=\`cat \$pidfile\` 2>/dev/null" >>$config_dir/.stop-init
+echo "pid=\`cat \$pidfile 2>/dev/null\`" >>$config_dir/.stop-init
 echo "if [ \"\$pid\" != \"\" ]; then" >>$config_dir/.stop-init
 echo "  kill \$pid || exit 1" >>$config_dir/.stop-init
 echo "  touch $var_dir/stop-flag" >>$config_dir/.stop-init