diff --git a/actions/dynamicdns b/actions/dynamicdns
index 945852f2a..a75f914d7 100755
--- a/actions/dynamicdns
+++ b/actions/dynamicdns
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ case ${cmd} in
     ;;
     update)
         doReadCFG
-        local dnsentry=$(nslookup "${host}"|tail -n2|grep A|sed s/[^0-9.]//g)
+        dnsentry=$(nslookup "${host}"|tail -n2|grep A|sed s/[^0-9.]//g)
         doGetWANIP
         echo  ${IPFILE}
         echo ${wanip} > ${IPFILE}