diff --git a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/netifd/proto/gluon_wired.sh b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/netifd/proto/gluon_wired.sh
index 31ad5342..708e9743 100755
--- a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/netifd/proto/gluon_wired.sh
+++ b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/netifd/proto/gluon_wired.sh
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ xor2() {
         echo -n "${1:1:1}" | tr '0123456789abcdef' '23016745ab89efcd'
 }
 
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
 interface_linklocal() {
         local macaddr="$(ubus call network.device status '{"name": "'"$1"'"}' | jsonfilter -e '@.macaddr')"
-        local oldIFS="$IFS"; IFS=':'; set -- "$macaddr"; IFS="$oldIFS"
+        local oldIFS="$IFS"; IFS=':'; set -- $macaddr; IFS="$oldIFS"
 
         echo "fe80::$(xor2 "$1")$2:$3ff:fe$4:$5$6"
 }