diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
index 23a754429..542bc9605 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ sub compile_updown() {
 	      q(        disable_provider $1) ,
 	      q(    fi) ,
 	      q(elif [ "$COMMAND" = up ]; then) ,
-	      q(    echo 0 > \${VARDIR}/${1}.state) ,
+	      q(    echo 0 > ${VARDIR}/${1}.status) ,
 	      q(    COMMAND=start),
 	      q(    progress_message3 "$g_product attempting start") ,
 	      q(    detect_configuration),