diff --git a/initscript-firewall b/initscript-firewall
index cf00b53..3b82064 100755
--- a/initscript-firewall
+++ b/initscript-firewall
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ states_restore() {
   # Restore the saved (or default) v4 firewall state.
   iptables-restore "$RULES_DIR/$STATE_V4" 2>/dev/null || {
     printf "%s: %s" "${0##*/}" "failed to restore saved" >&2
-    if iptables-restore "$$RULES_DIR/DEFAULT_V4" 2>/dev/null; then
+    if iptables-restore "$RULES_DIR/$DEFAULT_V4" 2>/dev/null; then
       printf "%s" ", only default" >&2
     else
       printf " %s" "and default" >&2