diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
index 96f0596bfe..356ea91828 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_EDITS += 's/\#\(CONFIG_TLS=\).*/\1internal/'
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_CTRL_IFACE),)
-WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_DISABLE += CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE
+WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_DISABLE += CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE\>
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_DBUS),y)