diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1b63af871..d5c97b6e0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-06-24  Alexander Kurtz <kurtz.alex@googlemail.com>
+
+	* util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in: Add missing quotes.
+
 2011-06-24  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/kern/emu/getroot.c (grub_guess_root_device): Revert to
diff --git a/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in b/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in
index 2c5fd8c6f..759bcba1b 100644
--- a/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in
+++ b/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ is_path_readable_by_grub ()
 
   # ... or if we can't figure out the abstraction module, for example if
   # memberlist fails on an LVM volume group.
-  if ${grub_probe} -t abstraction $path > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then : ; else
+  if "${grub_probe}" -t abstraction "$path" > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then : ; else
     return 1
   fi