diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/miidevs2h.awk b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/miidevs2h.awk
index 8330de49c0..2fbf8100f3 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/miidevs2h.awk
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/miidevs2h.awk
@@ -96,12 +96,13 @@ function collectline(f, line) {
 BEGIN {
 	nmodels = nouis = 0
 	hfile=HEADERFILE
+	line = "";
 }
 NR == 1 {
 	VERSION = $0
 	gsub("\\$", "", VERSION)
 
-	printf("/* \$FreeBSD\$ */\n\n") > hfile
+	printf("/* $FreeBSD$ */\n\n") > hfile
 	printf("/*\n") > hfile
 	printf(" * THIS FILE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED.  DO NOT EDIT.\n") \
 	    > hfile