diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 7dfa50707..a1ddcb969 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
 		 progress_message2
 		 progress_message3
 		 supplied
-		 read_action_param
+		 get_action_params
 		 set_action_param
                 );
 
@@ -1840,11 +1840,15 @@ sub default_action_params {
     }
 }
 
-sub read_action_param( $ ) {
-    my $i = shift;
+sub get_action_params {
+    my @values;
 
-    fatal_error "Parameter numbers must be numeric" unless $i =~ /^\d+$/;
-    $actparms{$i};
+    for ( @_ ) {
+	fatal_error "Parameter numbers must be numeric" unless $_ =~ /^\d+$/;
+	push @values, $actparms{$_};
+    }
+
+    @values;	    
 }
 
 sub set_action_param( $$ ) {
diff --git a/Shorewall/action.Drop b/Shorewall/action.Drop
index 2848228b5..a1db4c1dd 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.Drop
+++ b/Shorewall/action.Drop
@@ -35,11 +35,9 @@ FORMAT 2
 BEGIN PERL
 use Shorewall::Config;
 
-my $p1 = read_action_param(1);
+my ($p1, $p2, $p3 ) = get_action_params(1, 2, 3);
 
 if ( defined $p1 && $p1 eq 'audit' ) {
-   my ( $p2, $p3 ) = ( read_action_param(2) , read_action_param(3) );
-
    set_action_param( 2, 'A_REJECT')   unless defined $p2;
    set_action_param( 3, 'A_DROP')     unless defined $p3;
 };
diff --git a/Shorewall/action.Reject b/Shorewall/action.Reject
index 3d11be9c3..a644efe54 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.Reject
+++ b/Shorewall/action.Reject
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ FORMAT 2
 BEGIN PERL
 use Shorewall::Config;
 
-my $p1 = read_action_param(1);
+my ( $p1, $p2, $p3 ) = get_action_params(1, 2, 3);
 
 if ( defined $p1 && $p1 eq 'audit' ) {
-   my ( $p2, $p3 ) = ( read_action_param(2) , read_action_param(3) );
-
    set_action_param( 2, 'A_REJECT') unless defined $p2;
    set_action_param( 3, 'A_REJECT') unless defined $p3;
 };