diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_dptools/mod_dptools.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_dptools/mod_dptools.c
index 4b46e7eec3..5ca719e8d2 100755
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_dptools/mod_dptools.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_dptools/mod_dptools.c
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_APP(export_function)
 			}
 		}
 
-		switch_channel_export_variable(channel, var, val, SWITCH_EXPORT_VARS_VARIABLE);
+		switch_channel_export_variable_var_check(channel, var, val, SWITCH_EXPORT_VARS_VARIABLE, SWITCH_FALSE);
 	}
 }