diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 9c49e4b1..3b11bbc9 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ STATUS(){
 					fi	
 					declare -A partitions
 					partitions=`${NCMD} df -hBM | grep -vE '^Filesystem|tmpfs|cdrom' | awk '{ print $5 " " $1 }' | while read output; do echo $output | awk '{ print $2 }'; done;`
-					partitions=(`echo ${partitions[*]}`)
+					partitions=`echo ${partitions[*]}`
+					partitions=(${partitions})
 					for partition in "${partitions[@]}"; do
 						if [ "${partition}" != "udev" ]; then
 							freespace=`${NCMD} df -hPBM ${partition} | awk '{print $5}' |tail -1|sed 's/%$//g'`