diff --git a/package/base-files/files/sbin/firstboot b/package/base-files/files/sbin/firstboot
index d9af57d59645b..9dc020a3b5432 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/sbin/firstboot
+++ b/package/base-files/files/sbin/firstboot
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-/sbin/jffs2reset $@
+/sbin/jffs2reset "$@"