diff --git a/plugins/mpd/mpdstats_ b/plugins/mpd/mpdstats_
index c2975e0c..c6f240df 100755
--- a/plugins/mpd/mpdstats_
+++ b/plugins/mpd/mpdstats_
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ ACTION="$(basename "$0" | sed 's/^.*_//')"
 #
 
 do_autoconf () {
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     if [ -z "$NCBIN" ] ; then
         echo "no (missing netcat program ('nc'))"
-    elif ! echo stats | "$NCBIN" "$NCARGS" "$MPDHOST" "$MPDPORT" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    elif ! echo stats | "$NCBIN" $NCARGS "$MPDHOST" "$MPDPORT" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         echo "no (connection failed)"
     else
         echo "yes"
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ do_autoconf () {
 
 
 get_mpd_stats_keys() {
-    echo stats | "$NCBIN" "$NCARGS" "$MPDHOST" "$MPDPORT" | awk 'BEGIN {FS=":"} /^[^ ]+:/ {print $1}'
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    echo stats | "$NCBIN" $NCARGS "$MPDHOST" "$MPDPORT" | awk 'BEGIN {FS=":"} /^[^ ]+:/ {print $1}'
 }
 
 
@@ -110,7 +112,8 @@ print_mpd_stat_value() {
     local fieldname
     local stat_value
     fieldname="$(clean_fieldname "$key")"
-    stat_value="$(echo stats | "$NCBIN" "$NCARGS" "$MPDHOST" "$MPDPORT" | awk "/^${key}:/ {print \$2}")"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    stat_value="$(echo stats | "$NCBIN" $NCARGS "$MPDHOST" "$MPDPORT" | awk "/^${key}:/ {print \$2}")"
     echo "${fieldname}.value $stat_value"
 }