diff --git a/net/sqm-scripts/files/usr/lib/sqm/functions.sh b/net/sqm-scripts/files/usr/lib/sqm/functions.sh
index 4f3cc9df3..ec4583da0 100644
--- a/net/sqm-scripts/files/usr/lib/sqm/functions.sh
+++ b/net/sqm-scripts/files/usr/lib/sqm/functions.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #improve the logread output
 sqm_logger() {
-    logger -t SQM -s ${1}
+    logger -t SQM -s "${1}"
 }
 
 insmod() {