diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/wlanconfig b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/wlanconfig
index 0c1d9a6cf6c3..2850e1a80b49 100755
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/wlanconfig
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/wlanconfig
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ dialog_country_select()
 		--title \"\$DIALOG_TITLE\" \
 		--backtitle \"\$DIALOG_BACKTITLE\" \
 		--cancel-label \"\$msg_skip\" \
-		--default-item \"$default_country\" \
+		--default-item \"\$default_country\" \
 		--menu \"Select your country.\" \
 		$height $width $rows \
 		$countries \