diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/mptcpovervpn b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/mptcpovervpn
index 83a8a2785..0bddd4afd 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/mptcpovervpn
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/mptcpovervpn
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ mptcp_over_vpn() {
 				set network.ovpn${interface}.peerdns='0'
 				set network.ovpn${interface}.proto='none'
 				set network.ovpn${interface}.ip4table='wan'
-				set network.ovpn${interface}.multipath='${multipath}'
+				set network.ovpn${interface}.multipath="${multipath}"
 				set network.${interface}.multipath='off'
 				commit network
 				set openvpn.${interface}=openvpn