diff --git a/package/system/procd/files/procd.sh b/package/system/procd/files/procd.sh
index 00d754d16f..c23c37b83f 100644
--- a/package/system/procd/files/procd.sh
+++ b/package/system/procd/files/procd.sh
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ procd_add_mdns_service() {
 	json_add_int port "$port"
 	[ -n "$1" ] && {
 		json_add_array txt
-		for txt in $@; do json_add_string "" $txt; done
+		for txt in "$@"; do json_add_string "" "$txt"; done
 		json_select ..
 	}
 	json_select ..
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ procd_add_mdns_service() {
 procd_add_mdns() {
 	procd_open_data
 	json_add_object "mdns"
-	procd_add_mdns_service $@
+	procd_add_mdns_service "$@"
 	json_close_object
 	procd_close_data
 }