diff --git a/.evergreen/prepare-shell.sh b/.evergreen/prepare-shell.sh
index f3f8ffad197..7a097d2e6d0 100644
--- a/.evergreen/prepare-shell.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/prepare-shell.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if [ ! -d "$DRIVERS_TOOLS" ]; then
   git clone --depth=1 "https://github.com/mongodb-labs/drivers-evergreen-tools.git" "${DRIVERS_TOOLS}"
 fi
 
-echo "installed DRIVERS_EVERGREEN_TOOLS from commit $(git -C $DRIVERS_EVERGREEN_TOOLS rev-parse HEAD)"
+echo "installed DRIVERS_TOOLS from commit $(git -C "${DRIVERS_TOOLS}" rev-parse HEAD)"
 
 cat <<EOT > "$MONGO_ORCHESTRATION_HOME/orchestration.config"
 {