diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
index 0d7dbd577..ac5bf08ed 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ EOF
 	  } else {
 	    emit( '',
 		  'for chain in INPUT OUTPUT; do',
-		  '    setpolicy \$chain ACCEPT',
+		  '    setpolicy $chain ACCEPT',
 		  'done',
 		  '',
 		  'setpolicy FORWARD DROP',