diff --git a/utils/firstuser.in b/utils/firstuser.in
index 88daa5aa3e25d95dbdcfd60bceda1c8dbd1553d9..faa8af432b4493c94b4b50b1155af39ee71aa20b 100755
--- a/utils/firstuser.in
+++ b/utils/firstuser.in
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if (getpwnam($username)) {
     $password = <>;
     chomp($password);
 
-    my $uid = 10000;
+    $uid = 10000;
     while (getpwuid($uid)) { $uid++; }
 }