diff --git a/root/sbin/wifi b/root/sbin/wifi
index b63912ddf8b..03ec66e420a 100755
--- a/root/sbin/wifi
+++ b/root/sbin/wifi
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/ash
+  alias debug=${DEBUG:-:}
   debug "### wifi $1 ###"
   if=$(awk 'sub(":","") {print $1}' /proc/net/wireless)
   $DEBUG wlconf $if $1