diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 3dfbcdd4a..a64fa8fe7 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -7917,7 +7917,7 @@ sub save_dynamic_chains() {
     if ( $config{SAVE_COUNTERS} ) {
 	my $utility = $family == F_IPV4 ? 'iptables-restore' : 'ip6tables-restore';
 
-	emit( 'if [ "$COMMAND" = restart; then',
+	emit( 'if [ "$COMMAND" = restart ]; then',
 	      "    ${tool}-save --counters > \${VARDIR}/.$utility}-input",
 	      "fi\n" );