diff --git a/lizardfs/lizsrdfs-snapshots.sh b/lizardfs/lizsrdfs-snapshots.sh
index f1196cf..7ff279b 100755
--- a/lizardfs/lizsrdfs-snapshots.sh
+++ b/lizardfs/lizsrdfs-snapshots.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ if test -z "${DESTINATION}"; then
     echo "ERROR: no destination specified, try $0 --help" 1>&2
     exit 1
 fi
-if $dryrun -eq 0 && ! ( test -d "${DESTINATION}" || mkdir -p "${DESTINATION}" ); then
+if test "$dryrun" -eq 0 && ! ( test -d "${DESTINATION}" || mkdir -p "${DESTINATION}" ); then
     echo "ERROR:  cannot create destination path '$DESTINATION', try $0 --help" 1>&2
     exit 1
 fi