diff --git a/policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles b/policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles
index 7e5ce881..dae073d6 100755
--- a/policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles
+++ b/policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles
@@ -101,15 +101,6 @@ exclude_dirs_from_relabelling() {
     echo "$exclude_from_relabelling"
 }
 
-exclude_dirs() {
-    exclude=
-    for i in /sys /proc /dev /run /mnt /var/tmp /var/lib/BackupPC /home /tmp /dev; do
-	[ -e $i ]  && exclude="$exclude -e $i";
-    done
-    exclude="$exclude `exclude_dirs_from_relabelling`"
-    echo "$exclude"
-}
-
 #
 # Set global Variables
 #
@@ -162,6 +153,12 @@ newer() {
 # run restorecon on all files affected by the differences.
 #
 diff_filecontext() {
+exclude_dirs=
+for i in /sys /proc /dev /run /mnt /var/tmp /var/lib/BackupPC /home /tmp /dev; do
+    [ -e $i ]  && exclude_dirs="$exclude_dirs -e $i";
+done
+exclude_dirs="$exclude_dirs `exclude_dirs_from_relabelling`"
+
 if [ -f ${PREFC} -a -x /usr/bin/diff ]; then
 	TEMPFILE=`mktemp ${FC}.XXXXXXXXXX`
 	test -z "$TEMPFILE" && exit
@@ -191,7 +188,7 @@ if [ -f ${PREFC} -a -x /usr/bin/diff ]; then
 		  esac; \
 	       fi; \
 	    done | \
-	${RESTORECON} ${VERBOSE} -i -f - -R $* `exclude_dirs`; \
+	${RESTORECON} ${VERBOSE} -i -f - -R $* $exclude_dirs; \
 	rm -f ${TEMPFILE} ${PREFCTEMPFILE}
 fi
 }