diff --git a/sys-fabric/opensm/opensm-3.3.17-r1.ebuild b/sys-fabric/opensm/opensm-3.3.17-r1.ebuild
index ff105e571d0af..734bf09bc043e 100644
--- a/sys-fabric/opensm/opensm-3.3.17-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fabric/opensm/opensm-3.3.17-r1.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ IUSE="tools"
 DEPEND="
 	sys-fabric/libibmad:${SLOT}
 	sys-fabric/libibumad:${SLOT}"
-RDEPEND="$DEPEND
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	 tools? (
 		net-misc/iputils
 		net-misc/openssh
diff --git a/sys-fabric/opensm/opensm-3.3.23-r1.ebuild b/sys-fabric/opensm/opensm-3.3.23-r1.ebuild
index 210281da4cd03..79bc440f5e519 100644
--- a/sys-fabric/opensm/opensm-3.3.23-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fabric/opensm/opensm-3.3.23-r1.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 LICENSE="|| ( GPL-2 BSD-2 )"
 
 DEPEND="sys-cluster/rdma-core"
-RDEPEND="$DEPEND
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	 tools? (
 		net-misc/iputils
 		net-misc/openssh