diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1980-omr-firewall b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1980-omr-firewall
index ec2d8914f..a581a7e8b 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1980-omr-firewall
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1980-omr-firewall
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 uci -q batch <<-EOF >/dev/null
 	add firewall rule
-	firewall.@rule[-1].enabled='1'
-	firewall.@rule[-1].target='ACCEPT'
-	firewall.@rule[-1].name='Allow-All-Ping'
-	firewall.@rule[-1].proto='icmp'
-	firewall.@rule[-1].dest='*'
-	firewall.@rule[-1].src='*'
-	firewall.@rule[-1].icmp_type='echo-request'
+	set firewall.@rule[-1].enabled='1'
+	set firewall.@rule[-1].target='ACCEPT'
+	set firewall.@rule[-1].name='Allow-All-Ping'
+	set firewall.@rule[-1].proto='icmp'
+	set firewall.@rule[-1].dest='*'
+	set firewall.@rule[-1].src='*'
+	set firewall.@rule[-1].icmp_type='echo-request'
 	commit firewall
 EOF
 rm -f /tmp/luci-indexcache