diff --git a/Mk/bsd.port.mk b/Mk/bsd.port.mk
index e514bb7ffec1..f534d2bc6a0c 100644
--- a/Mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ b/Mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -4083,7 +4083,7 @@ _FLAVOR_RECURSIVE_SH= \
                ${FALSE}; \
        fi; \
        for dir in $${recursive_dirs}; do \
-               unset flavor; \
+               unset flavor FLAVOR; \
                case $${dir} in \
                        *@*/*) ;; \
                        *@*) \