diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/packages/index.subr b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/packages/index.subr
index 9586501228ba..130f9cd37f7c 100755
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/packages/index.subr
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/share/packages/index.subr
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ f_index_initialize()
 
 		# Finally, move the temporary file into place
 		case "$PACKAGES_INDEX_CACHEFILE" in
-		*/*) f_eval_catch -d $funcname mkdir \
+		*/*) f_eval_catch -d $__funcname mkdir \
 			'mkdir -p "%s"' "${PACKAGES_INDEX_CACHEFILE%/*}"
 		esac
 		f_eval_catch -d $__funcname mv 'mv -f "%s" "%s"' \