diff --git a/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/setup/common.sh b/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/setup/common.sh
index e24a27790b70..d2a26c988b0c 100755
--- a/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/setup/common.sh
+++ b/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/setup/common.sh
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ routing_svcs() {
    systemctl enable haproxy
    echo "haproxy apache2" > /var/cache/cloud/enabled_svcs
    echo "cloud nfs-common portmap" > /var/cache/cloud/disabled_svcs
-   if [ $RROUTER -eq 1 ]
+   if [ "$RROUTER" -eq "1" ]
    then
        systemctl disable --now dnsmasq
        systemctl enable conntrackd