diff --git a/build-farm/make-adopt-build-farm.sh b/build-farm/make-adopt-build-farm.sh
index 3d54edf58..ca4d17cdb 100755
--- a/build-farm/make-adopt-build-farm.sh
+++ b/build-farm/make-adopt-build-farm.sh
@@ -255,5 +255,6 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS_FOR_ANY_PLATFORM="${CONFIGURE_ARGS_FOR_ANY_PLATFORM//\"/temporary
 bash -c "$MAC_ROSETTA_PREFIX $PLATFORM_SCRIPT_DIR/../makejdk-any-platform.sh --clean-git-repo --jdk-boot-dir ${JDK_BOOT_DIR} --configure-args \"${CONFIGURE_ARGS_FOR_ANY_PLATFORM}\" --target-file-name ${FILENAME} ${TAG_OPTION} ${OPTIONS} ${BUILD_ARGS} ${VARIANT_ARG} ${JAVA_TO_BUILD}"
 
 if [ -d "${WORKSPACE}" ]; then
-  echo "Total disk space in Kb consumed by build process:" "$(du -sk "$WORKSPACE")"
+  SPACEUSED=$(du -sk "$WORKSPACE")
+  echo "Total disk space in Kb consumed by build process: $SPACEUSED"
 fi