diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index a1ddcb969..3720f9d8d 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -1840,13 +1840,16 @@ sub default_action_params {
     }
 }
 
-sub get_action_params {
+sub get_action_params( $ ) {
+    my $num = shift;
+
+    fatal_error "Invalid argument to get_action_params()" unless $num =~ /^\d+$/;
+
     my @values;
 
-    for ( @_ ) {
-	fatal_error "Parameter numbers must be numeric" unless $_ =~ /^\d+$/;
-	push @values, $actparms{$_};
-    }
+    my $index = 1;
+
+    push @values, $actparms{$index++} while $num-- > 0;
 
     @values;	    
 }
diff --git a/Shorewall/action.Drop b/Shorewall/action.Drop
index 921b9db22..9638bcb05 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.Drop
+++ b/Shorewall/action.Drop
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ FORMAT 2
 BEGIN PERL
 use Shorewall::Config;
 
-my ($p1, $p2, $p3 ) = get_action_params(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
+my ( $p1, $p2, $p3 , $p4, $p5 ) = get_action_params( 5 );
 
 if ( defined $p1 && $p1 eq 'audit' ) {
-   set_action_param( 2, 'A_REJECT')   unless defined $p2;
-   set_action_param( 3, 'A_DROP')     unless defined $p3;
-   set_action_param( 4, 'A_ACCEPT' )  unless defined $p4;
-   set_action_param( 5, 'A_DROP' )    unless defined $p5;
+   set_action_param( 2, 'A_REJECT')   unless supplied $p2;
+   set_action_param( 3, 'A_DROP')     unless supplied $p3;
+   set_action_param( 4, 'A_ACCEPT' )  unless supplied $p4;
+   set_action_param( 5, 'A_DROP' )    unless supplied $p5;
 };
 
 1;
diff --git a/Shorewall/action.Reject b/Shorewall/action.Reject
index 7923e08c3..e13733050 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.Reject
+++ b/Shorewall/action.Reject
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ FORMAT 2
 BEGIN PERL
 use Shorewall::Config;
 
-my ( $p1, $p2, $p3 ) = get_action_params(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
+my ( $p1, $p2, $p3, $p4, $p5 ) = get_action_params( 5 );
 
 if ( defined $p1 && $p1 eq 'audit' ) {
-   set_action_param( 2, 'A_REJECT')  unless defined $p2;
-   set_action_param( 3, 'A_REJECT')  unless defined $p3;
-   set_action_param( 4, 'A_ACCEPT' ) unless defined $p5;
-   set_action_param( 5, 'A_DROP' )   unless defined $p5;
+   set_action_param( 2, 'A_REJECT')  unless supplied $p2;
+   set_action_param( 3, 'A_REJECT')  unless supplied $p3;
+   set_action_param( 4, 'A_ACCEPT' ) unless supplied $p5;
+   set_action_param( 5, 'A_DROP' )   unless supplied $p5;
 };
 
 1;