diff --git a/hack/lib/init.sh b/hack/lib/init.sh
index 5876d4234e3..bd0a5e3fbfc 100755
--- a/hack/lib/init.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/init.sh
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function kube::readlinkdashf {
       cd "$1"
       pwd -P
     else
-      cd $(dirname "$1")
+      cd "$(dirname "$1")"
       local f
       f=$(basename "$1")
       if [[ -L "$f" ]]; then