diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b5dcf4ca..334fa4c5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # ChangeLog for Gentoo System Intialization ("rc") scripts
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPLv2
 
+  01 Nov 2007; Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>:
+
+    Fix fallback, #197788.
+
 * baselayout-2.0.0_rc6 (31 Oct 2007)
 
   31 Oct 2007; Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>:
diff --git a/sh/net.sh b/sh/net.sh
index e2de0549..6c9dd6d9 100755
--- a/sh/net.sh
+++ b/sh/net.sh
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ ${config}"
 
 	config_index=0
 	for cmd in ${fallback}; do
+		eval fallback_${config_index}="'${cmd}'"
 		config_index=$((${config_index} + 1))
 	done
 	# Terminate the list