diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 92fb6cfda..73ef1f50f 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ firewall_generate_templates() {
 	  printf '%s\n'\
 	  "$i:"\
 	  "  - 127.0.0.1"\
-	  "" > "$firewall_pillar_path/$i.sls"
+	  "" > "$firewall_pillar_path"/$i.sls
 	done
 }