diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.init b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.init
index 4d5e95dad..c17f51833 100755
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.init
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.init
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ case "$1" in
   stop)
 	log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
 	RC=0
-	start-stop-daemon --oknodo --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+	start-stop-daemon --oknodo --stop --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
 		--retry 5 --exec "$DAEMON" || RC=$?
 	if [ "$RC" -eq 0 ]; then
 	  ngcp-rtpengine-iptables-setup stop || true
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.init b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.init
index 6d219302a..f18f4d657 100755
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.init
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.init
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ case "$1" in
   stop)
 	log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
 	RC=0
-	start-stop-daemon --oknodo --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+	start-stop-daemon --oknodo --stop --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
 		--retry 5 --exec "$DAEMON" || RC=$?
 	rm -f "$PIDFILE"
 	log_end_msg "$RC"