1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/journalctl b/shell-completion/bash/journalctl
index 29bf6bca3f..3c40d57a98 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/journalctl
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/journalctl
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 # along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 __contains_word () {
-        local word=$1; shift
-        for w in $*; do [[ $w = $word ]] && return 0; done
-        return 1
+        local w word=$1; shift
+        for w in "$@"; do
+                [[ $w = "$word" ]] && return
+        done
 }
 
 __journal_fields=(MESSAGE{,_ID} PRIORITY CODE_{FILE,LINE,FUNC}