diff --git a/rc/bin/inst/mountcwfs b/rc/bin/inst/mountcwfs
index 2af0e7773..a205f5b21 100755
--- a/rc/bin/inst/mountcwfs
+++ b/rc/bin/inst/mountcwfs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ case go
 	prompt $default 'Cwfs cache partition' $files
 	fs=$rd
 	export fs
-	fsflags=
+	fsflags=()
 	export fsflags
 
 	files=(`{ls /dev/sd*/fsworm* /dev/fs/fsworm* >[2]/dev/null})