diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header b/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header
index 425b7c546..b4148426f 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header
@@ -509,10 +509,10 @@ undo_routing() {
 #
 save_default_route() {
     awk \
-    'BEGIN        {default=0;}; \
-     /^default /  {default=1; print; next}; \
-     /nexthop/    {if (default == 1 ) {print ; next} }; \
-                  { default=0; };'
+    'BEGIN        {defroute=0;};
+     /^default /  {deroute=1; print; next};
+     /nexthop/    {if (defroute == 1 ) {print ; next} };
+                  { defroute=0; };'
 }
 
 #
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6 b/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6
index 8cf782756..c36e78b1b 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6
@@ -497,10 +497,10 @@ undo_routing() {
 #
 save_default_route() {
     awk \
-    'BEGIN        {default=0;}; \
-     /^default /  {default=1; print; next}; \
-     /nexthop/    {if (default == 1 ) {print ; next} }; \
-                  { default=0; };'
+    'BEGIN        {defroute=0;};
+     /^default /  {defroute=1; print; next};
+     /nexthop/    {if (defroute == 1 ) {print ; next} };
+                  { defroute=0; };'
 }
 
 #