diff --git a/debian/aegir3-hostmaster.postinst b/debian/aegir3-hostmaster.postinst
index 285391f657a7d8d0b108fa594037f21575cd65e3..8621aaf5ccde79f0badc6c1c01917e39e70a3ee3 100644
--- a/debian/aegir3-hostmaster.postinst
+++ b/debian/aegir3-hostmaster.postinst
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ case "$1" in
             # Determin if we create a db accoount or ask for it.
             # Starting from MariaDB 10.1... https://www.drupal.org/node/2770819
             # TODO: Work with future versions
-            if [ $OS_ID = 'debian' ]  && dpkg -s mariadb-server-10.1 > /dev/null 2>&1
+            if [ "$OS_ID" = 'debian' ] && dpkg -s mariadb-server-10.1 > /dev/null 2>&1
             then
               # MariaDB = 10.1
               CREATEUSER=1