diff --git a/etc/rc.d/ppp b/etc/rc.d/ppp
index ee469788cf8..2ab16963197 100644
--- a/etc/rc.d/ppp
+++ b/etc/rc.d/ppp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ start_postcmd="ppp_poststart"
 ppp_start_profile()
 {
 	local _ppp_profile _ppp_mode _ppp_nat _ppp_unit
+	local _ppp_profile_cleaned _punct _punct_c
 
 	_ppp_profile=$1
 	_ppp_profile_cleaned=$1