1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
index 6e30c149ba..f42a4ef7c4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ do_install_basefilesissue () {
                 printf "${DISTRO_NAME} " >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue
                 printf "${DISTRO_NAME} " >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue.net
                 if [ -n "${DISTRO_VERSION}" ]; then
-                        distro_version_nodate=${@'${DISTRO_VERSION}'.replace('snapshot-${DATE}','snapshot').replace('${DATE}','')}
+                        distro_version_nodate="${@d.getVar('DISTRO_VERSION').replace('snapshot-${DATE}','snapshot').replace('${DATE}','')}"
                         printf "%s " $distro_version_nodate >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue
                         printf "%s " $distro_version_nodate >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue.net
                 fi