diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/includes/includes b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/includes/includes
index d831649e0502..7bd5312db8b7 100755
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/includes/includes
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/includes/includes
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ show_include()
 		-v show_desc=${SHOW_DESC:-0} '
         function asorti(src, dest)
         {
+		k = nitems = 0;
+
 		# Copy src indices to dest and calculate array length
-		nitems = 0; for (i in src) dest[++nitems] = i
+		for (i in src) dest[++nitems] = i
 
 		# Sort the array of indices (dest) using insertion sort method
 		for (i = 1; i <= nitems; k = i++)
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/device.subr b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/device.subr
index d93cd9b60251..4e60d8429214 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/device.subr
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/device.subr
@@ -1118,6 +1118,7 @@ f_device_sort_by_awk='
 # 	-v prop="property"
 function asorti(src, dest)
 {
+	k = nitems = 0
 	for (i in src) dest[++nitems] = i
 	for (i = 1; i <= nitems; k = i++) {
 		idx = dest[i]
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/packages/index.subr b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/packages/index.subr
index 35ef0dad14e1..41934d48294f 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/packages/index.subr
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/packages/index.subr
@@ -243,8 +243,10 @@ f_index_read()
 	eval "$( debug= f_getvar "$var_to_get" | awk -F'|' '
 	function asorti(src, dest)
 	{
+		k = nitems = 0
+
 		# Copy src indices to dest and calculate array length
-		nitems = 0; for (i in src) dest[++nitems] = i
+		for (i in src) dest[++nitems] = i
 
 		# Sort the array of indices (dest) using insertion sort method
 		for (i = 1; i <= nitems; k = i++)