diff --git a/lib/cinder_backends/lvm b/lib/cinder_backends/lvm
index d83c31a..52fc6fb 100644
--- a/lib/cinder_backends/lvm
+++ b/lib/cinder_backends/lvm
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@
 
     for pv_info in $(sudo pvs --noheadings -o name,vg_name --separator ';'); do
         echo_summary "Evaluate PV info for Cinder lvm.conf: $pv_info"
-        IFS=';' read pv vg <<< $pv_info
+        IFS=';' read pv vg <<< "$pv_info"
         for line in ${conf_entries}; do
-            IFS='=' read label group <<< $line
+            IFS='=' read label group <<< "$line"
             group=$(echo $group|sed "s/^ *//g")
             if [[ "$vg" == "$group" ]]; then
                 new="\"a$pv/\", "