diff --git a/functions-common b/functions-common
index ff9bc0f..f84301f 100644
--- a/functions-common
+++ b/functions-common
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@
     local files_to_parse=""
     local package_dir=""
     for plugin in ${DEVSTACK_PLUGINS//,/ }; do
-        local package_dir="$(_get_package_dir ${GITDIR[$plugin]}/devstack/files)"
+        package_dir="$(_get_package_dir ${GITDIR[$plugin]}/devstack/files)"
         files_to_parse+=" $package_dir/$plugin"
     done
     echo "$(_parse_package_files $files_to_parse)"