diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index 69f499a7dcd1ec592952df519314203dd9f2bbcb..776daddb41d20cfdca1efef9362aafe644a0a2cc 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ append_bool() {
 	local value="$3"
 	local _loctmp
 	config_get_bool _loctmp "$section" "$option"
-	[ "$_loctmp" -gt 0 ] && append args "$3"
+	[ "$_loctmp" -gt 0 ] && append args "$value"
 }
 
 append_parm() {