diff --git a/Sanity/delv-smoke-test/runtest.sh b/Sanity/delv-smoke-test/runtest.sh
index 0a3c0be..fd637f4 100755
--- a/Sanity/delv-smoke-test/runtest.sh
+++ b/Sanity/delv-smoke-test/runtest.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ rlJournalStart
 	rlRun -s "delv redhat.com soa +multi"
 	rlAssertGrep 'serial' $rlRun_LOG
 	rlRun -s "delv +multi +vtrace"
-	LINES=$(wc -l $rlRun_LOG)
+	rlRun "LINES=$(wc -l <$rlRun_LOG)"
 	rlRun -l "cat $rlRun_LOG"
 	rlAssertGreater "delv +vtrace should show few lines" "$LINES" "10"
 	rlRun "delv +vtrace | grep 'fully validated'"