diff --git a/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso_pxe_common b/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso_pxe_common
index e97324f5ed8d3ebcc461a8e7c146142878feee8f..66eecfa52e0ffa2766da4f967c75b27611f5a0d4 100644
--- a/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso_pxe_common
+++ b/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso_pxe_common
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ run_latehook () {
         [[ -z "${copy_resolvconf}" ]] && copy_resolvconf="y"
 
         if [[ "${copytoram}" == "y" ]]; then
-            ip addr flush ${bootif_dev}
-            ip link set ${bootif_dev} down
+            ip addr flush dev "${bootif_dev}"
+            ip link set "${bootif_dev}" down
         elif [[ "${copy_resolvconf}" != "n" && -f /etc/resolv.conf ]]; then
             cp /etc/resolv.conf /new_root/etc/resolv.conf
         fi