diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index 26411e381..d50ec0672 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ systemctl_func() {
 	local service_name=$2
 
 	if [[ "$echo_action" == "stop" ]]; then
-		$echo_action = "stopp"
+		echo_action="stopp"
 	fi
 
 	echo ""