diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/recovery/recovery-initramfs/recovery-initramfs-init b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/recovery/recovery-initramfs/recovery-initramfs-init
index ca43f83cb..53bb02e08 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/recovery/recovery-initramfs/recovery-initramfs-init
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/recovery/recovery-initramfs/recovery-initramfs-init
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ read_uboot_var() {
 # @param ${2}  - Value to set.
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set_uboot_var() {
-	fw_setenv ${1} ${2} 2>/dev/null
+	fw_setenv ${1} "${2}" 2>/dev/null
 }
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------