diff --git a/scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common b/scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common
index c01e671c..b9c55cb9 100644
--- a/scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common
+++ b/scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ do_libc_backend_once() {
     fi
 
     # Pre-seed the configparms file with values from the config option
-    printf "${CT_LIBC_GLIBC_CONFIGPARMS}\n" > configparms
+    printf "%s\n" "${CT_LIBC_GLIBC_CONFIGPARMS}" > configparms
 
     cross_cc=$(CT_Which "${CT_TARGET}-gcc")
     extra_cc_args+=" ${extra_flags}"