diff --git a/bin/vmail-mboxes-mod.sh b/bin/vmail-mboxes-mod.sh
index 5e8025b..e0211f9 100755
--- a/bin/vmail-mboxes-mod.sh
+++ b/bin/vmail-mboxes-mod.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fi
 
 # check for password update
 if [ ! -z "$password" ]; then
-  passwd=`doveadm -o stats_writer_socket_path= pw -s sha512-crypt -p "$passwd"`
+  passwd=`doveadm -o stats_writer_socket_path= pw -s sha512-crypt -p "$password"`
   if [ ! -z "$dbset" ]; then
     dbset="$dbset,"
   fi