diff --git a/dev-php/pecl-imagick/pecl-imagick-3.7.0-r3.ebuild b/dev-php/pecl-imagick/pecl-imagick-3.7.0-r3.ebuild
index 3c11c4567fa66..8a53c46996c4f 100644
--- a/dev-php/pecl-imagick/pecl-imagick-3.7.0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-php/pecl-imagick/pecl-imagick-3.7.0-r3.ebuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	test? ( media-gfx/imagemagick:=[hdri,jpeg,png,svg,truetype,xml] )
 "
 
-PATCHES="${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.7.0-php8.3.patch"
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.7.0-php8.3.patch" )
 
 PHP_EXT_ECONF_ARGS="--with-imagick=${EPREFIX}/usr"
 
diff --git a/dev-php/pecl-imagick/pecl-imagick-3.7.0-r4.ebuild b/dev-php/pecl-imagick/pecl-imagick-3.7.0-r4.ebuild
index 2bee55995e2ac..ccc648d92f821 100644
--- a/dev-php/pecl-imagick/pecl-imagick-3.7.0-r4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-php/pecl-imagick/pecl-imagick-3.7.0-r4.ebuild
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ DEPEND="
 	test? ( media-gfx/imagemagick:=[hdri,jpeg,png,svg,truetype,xml] )
 "
 
-PATCHES="${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.7.0-php8.3.patch
-		 ${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.7.0-php8.4.patch"
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-3.7.0-php8.3.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-3.7.0-php8.4.patch
+)
 
 PHP_EXT_ECONF_ARGS="--with-imagick=${EPREFIX}/usr"