diff --git a/packager/react-native-xcode.sh b/packager/react-native-xcode.sh
index d3a7e23b5..d136282fd 100755
--- a/packager/react-native-xcode.sh
+++ b/packager/react-native-xcode.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ esac
 REACT_NATIVE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
 
 # Xcode project file for React Native apps is located in ios/ subfolder
-cd ${REACT_NATIVE_DIR}/../..
+cd "${REACT_NATIVE_DIR}"/../..
 
 # Define NVM_DIR and source the nvm.sh setup script
 [ -z "$NVM_DIR" ] && export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"