diff --git a/templates/lxc-centos.in b/templates/lxc-centos.in
index fdc307aaf..4696ce37e 100644
--- a/templates/lxc-centos.in
+++ b/templates/lxc-centos.in
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ do
     case "$1" in
         -h|--help)      usage $0 && exit 0;;
         -p|--path)      path=$2; shift 2;;
-        --rootfs)       rootfs=$2; shift 2;;
+        --rootfs)       rootfs_path=$2; shift 2;;
         -n|--name)      name=$2; shift 2;;
         -c|--clean)     clean=1; shift 1;;
         -R|--release)   release=$2; shift 2;;
@@ -827,7 +827,6 @@ if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-
 if [ -z "$rootfs_path" ]; then
     rootfs_path=$path/rootfs
     # check for 'lxc.rootfs' passed in through default config by lxc-create
diff --git a/templates/lxc-fedora.in b/templates/lxc-fedora.in
index a1d1e7b05..499685f3b 100644
--- a/templates/lxc-fedora.in
+++ b/templates/lxc-fedora.in
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ do
     case "$1" in
         -h|--help)      usage $0 && exit 0;;
         -p|--path)      path=$2; shift 2;;
-        --rootfs)       rootfs=$2; shift 2;;
+        --rootfs)       rootfs_path=$2; shift 2;;
         -n|--name)      name=$2; shift 2;;
         -c|--clean)     clean=1; shift 1;;
         -R|--release)   release=$2; shift 2;;
@@ -1354,7 +1354,6 @@ if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-
 if [ -z "$rootfs_path" ]; then
     rootfs_path=$path/rootfs
     # check for 'lxc.rootfs' passed in through default config by lxc-create