--- /usr/portage/sys-process/acct/files/acct.initd	2012-12-16 19:01:31.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/local/portage/sys-process/acct/files/acct.initd	2014-08-09 13:01:24.000000000 -0400
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 }
 
 checkconfig() {
-	export ACCT_LOG=${ACCT_LOG:-/var/account/pacct}
+	ACCT_LOG=${ACCT_LOG:-/var/account/pacct}
+	export ACCT_LOG
 	if [ ! -e "${ACCT_LOG}" ] ; then
 		touch "${ACCT_LOG}"
 		chmod 600 "${ACCT_LOG}"