diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
index 6c1474ac88da3c7561b90f907907fe6e13bfc0f3..c58ab23be8605a2996a066f23463359dfaa78f23 100755
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		chgrp $AST_GROUP $ASTVARRUNDIR
 	fi
 	if [ $ALTCONF ]; then
-		ASTARGS="$ASTARGS -C \"$ALTCONF\""
+		ASTARGS="$ASTARGS -C $ALTCONF"
 	fi
 	if [ "x$COREDUMP" = "xyes" ]; then
 		ASTARGS="$ASTARGS -g"