diff --git a/test/cmd/legacy-script.sh b/test/cmd/legacy-script.sh
index 0aec3a33186..a30a3bb4e4e 100755
--- a/test/cmd/legacy-script.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/legacy-script.sh
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ runTests() {
     for pkg in ${WHAT}
     do 
       # running of kubeadm is captured in hack/make-targets/test-cmd.sh
-      if [[ "$pkg" != "kubeadm" ]]; then 
+      if [[ "${pkg}" != "kubeadm" ]]; then 
         record_command run_${pkg}_tests
       fi
     done