diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index 6f38f710bb8a..b25518a368e5 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ harvest_p_to_p="YES" 	# Entropy device harvests point-to-point randomness
 
 if [ -z "${source_rc_confs_defined}" ]; then
         source_rc_confs_defined=yes
-        source_rc_confs ( ) {
+        source_rc_confs () {
                 local i sourced_files
                 for i in ${rc_conf_files}; do
                         case ${sourced_files} in
@@ -370,4 +370,3 @@ if [ -z "${source_rc_confs_defined}" ]; then
                 done
         }
 fi
-