diff --git a/handlers/dup b/handlers/dup
index 5970694b03f9b6d5ce3999287bca83daf7e3c948..ac7e3295871cc97eb5b2ceb3cf9b95e5ed79553b 100644
--- a/handlers/dup
+++ b/handlers/dup
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if [ "$vservers" == "yes" ]; then
 	    vsnames="$vserver $vsnames"
 	done
     else
-	for vserver in "$vsnames"; do
+	for vserver in $vsnames; do
 	    [ -d "$VROOTDIR/$vserver" ] || fatal "vserver '$vserver' does not exist."
 	done
     fi