diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 0e98f69a5..8352c434f 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -9084,12 +9084,12 @@ sub create_load_ipsets() {
 	    #
 	    emit( '' ,
 		  '    if  [ -f ${VARDIR}/ipsets.save ]; then' ,
-		  '        while read ${VARDIR}/ipsets.save verb set; do' ,
+		  '        while read verb set; do' ,
 		  '            if [ $verb = create ]; then' ,
 		  '                $IPSET flush $set' ,
 		  '                $IPSET destroy $set' ,
 		  '            fi' ,
-		  '        done' ,
+		  '        done < ${VARDIR}/ipsets.save' ,
 		  '    fi',
 		);
 	} else {