diff --git a/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh b/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh
index 68b62270ce..c586e71f57 100755
--- a/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh
+++ b/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ if [ $USE_EXISTING -ne 1 ]; then
     if [ "$(uname -s)" = "OpenBSD" ]; then
         VND=$(vnconfig _disk_image)
         (echo "e 0"; echo 83; echo n; echo 0; echo "*"; echo "quit") | fdisk -e "$VND"
-        newfs_ext2fs -D $INODE_SIZE -n $INODE_COUNT "/dev/r${VND}i" || die "could not create filesystem"
+        newfs_ext2fs -D "${INODE_SIZE}" -n "${INODE_COUNT}" "/dev/r${VND}i" || die "could not create filesystem"
     else
         "${MKE2FS_PATH}" -q -I "${INODE_SIZE}" -N "${INODE_COUNT}" _disk_image || die "could not create filesystem"
     fi
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ if [ $use_genext2fs = 1 ]; then
     # genext2fs is very slow in generating big images, so I use a smaller image here. size can be updated
     # if it's not enough.
     # not using "-I $INODE_SIZE" since it hangs. Serenity handles whatever default this uses instead.
-    genext2fs -B 4096 -b $((DISK_SIZE_BYTES / 4096)) -N $INODE_COUNT -d mnt _disk_image || die "try increasing image size (genext2fs -b)"
+    genext2fs -B 4096 -b $((DISK_SIZE_BYTES / 4096)) -N "${INODE_COUNT}" -d mnt _disk_image || die "try increasing image size (genext2fs -b)"
     # if using docker with shared mount, file is created as root, so make it writable for users
     chmod 0666 _disk_image
 fi