diff --git a/rsyslog.changes b/rsyslog.changes
index 7aacb40..e730ca9 100644
--- a/rsyslog.changes
+++ b/rsyslog.changes
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ Thu Nov 22 14:12:36 UTC 2012 - mt@suse.com
     after a successful conversion.
   - imklog: fixed a conversion bug causing a <1sec incorrectness
     of the message time when the kernel timestamp is parsed.
+- Removed {} arround RSYSLOG_PARAMS variable in service file. systemd
+  seems sometimes to not like it any more (bnc#788330).
 
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 Tue Nov 20 11:44:16 UTC 2012 - mt@suse.com
diff --git a/rsyslog.service.in.in b/rsyslog.service.in.in
index 1e6e3c0..8b0f333 100644
--- a/rsyslog.service.in.in
+++ b/rsyslog.service.in.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Conflicts=syslog-ng.service syslogd.service
 Environment=RSYSLOGD_PARAMS=
 ExecStartPre=@sbindir@/rsyslog-service-prepare
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/syslog
-ExecStart=@sbindir@/rsyslogd -n ${RSYSLOGD_PARAMS}
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/rsyslogd -n $RSYSLOGD_PARAMS
 Sockets=syslog.socket
 StandardOutput=null