diff --git a/samba/Pkgfile b/samba/Pkgfile
index 1a8b97a86..37113c149 100644
--- a/samba/Pkgfile
+++ b/samba/Pkgfile
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ source=(http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/stable/$name-$version.tar.gz \
 build () {
     cd $name-$version
 
-    test -n "$MAKEFLAGS" && \
-    export JOBS=$(awk 'BEGIN{RS="-j|--jobs="} NR==2 {print $1}' <<< $MAKEFLAGS)
+    local JOBS=$(awk 'BEGIN{RS="-j|--jobs="} NR==2 {print $1}' <<< $MAKEFLAGS)
+    test -n "$JOBS" && export JOBS="$JOBS"
 
     ./configure --enable-fhs \
                 --prefix=/usr \