diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh
index 93c69a1b6c07ed..3b9192a092e4fc 100755
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh
@@ -901,8 +901,8 @@ function hadoop_basic_init
   HADOOP_NICENESS=${HADOOP_NICENESS:-0}
   HADOOP_STOP_TIMEOUT=${HADOOP_STOP_TIMEOUT:-5}
   HADOOP_PID_DIR=${HADOOP_PID_DIR:-/tmp}
-  HADOOP_ROOT_LOGGER_DEFAULT=${${HADOOP_LOGLEVEL},console}
-  HADOOP_DAEMON_ROOT_LOGGER_DEFAULT=${${HADOOP_LOGLEVEL},RFA}
+  HADOOP_ROOT_LOGGER_DEFAULT="${HADOOP_LOGLEVEL},console}"
+  HADOOP_DAEMON_ROOT_LOGGER_DEFAULT="${HADOOP_LOGLEVEL},RFA}"
   HADOOP_ROOT_LOGGER=${HADOOP_ROOT_LOGGER:-${HADOOP_ROOT_LOGGER_DEFAULT}}
   HADOOP_DAEMON_ROOT_LOGGER=${HADOOP_DAEMON_ROOT_LOGGER:-${HADOOP_DAEMON_ROOT_LOGGER_DEFAULT}}
   HADOOP_SECURITY_LOGGER=${HADOOP_SECURITY_LOGGER:-INFO,NullAppender}