diff --git a/bin/cdist-manifest-run b/bin/cdist-manifest-run
index cf8417cc..3a2c4058 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-manifest-run
+++ b/bin/cdist-manifest-run
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ if [ ! -x "${__cdist_manifest_init}" ]; then
    __cdist_exit_err "${__cdist_manifest_init} needs to be executable."
 fi
 
-mkdir -p "$(__cdist_output_dir)"
+mkdir -p "${__cdist_output_dir}"
 "${__cdist_manifest_init}"