diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus.inc b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus.inc
index 2a97c028e6..791e66c1c9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus.inc
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ RRECOMMENDS_${PN}-lib = "${PN}"
 FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/dbus-1.0/include ${bindir}/dbus-glib-tool"
 
 pkg_postinst_dbus() {
-	if [ -z "${D}" ] && [ -e /etc/init.d/populate-volatile.sh ] ; then
+	if [ -z "$D" ] && [ -e /etc/init.d/populate-volatile.sh ] ; then
 		/etc/init.d/populate-volatile.sh update
 	fi
 }