diff --git a/zipl/include/scan.h b/zipl/include/scan.h
index 95f67942..3f7f70f0 100644
--- a/zipl/include/scan.h
+++ b/zipl/include/scan.h
@@ -116,12 +116,14 @@ struct scan_token {
 	} content;
 };
 
+extern const char *blsdir;
+
 /* Determines which keyword may be present in which section */
 extern enum scan_key_state scan_key_table[SCAN_SECTION_NUM][SCAN_KEYWORD_NUM];
 
 
 int scan_file(const char* filename, struct scan_token** array);
-int scan_bls(const char* blsdir, struct scan_token** token, int scan_size);
+int scan_bls(struct scan_token **token, int scan_size);
 void scan_free(struct scan_token* array);
 char* scan_keyword_name(enum scan_keyword_id id);
 int scan_check_defaultboot(struct scan_token* scan);
diff --git a/zipl/src/job.c b/zipl/src/job.c
index 81ac0735..4e405d2b 100644
--- a/zipl/src/job.c
+++ b/zipl/src/job.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include "zipl.h"
 #include "envblk.h"
 
+const char *blsdir;
+
 /* Command line options */
 static struct option options[] = {
 	{ "config",		required_argument,	NULL, 'c'},
@@ -1732,7 +1734,6 @@ get_job_from_config_file(struct command_line* cmdline, struct job_data* job)
 	struct scan_token* scan;
 	struct scan_token* new_scan;
 	const char *filename = NULL;
-	char *blsdir;
 	char* source;
 	int i, rc, scan_size;
 
@@ -1772,7 +1773,7 @@ get_job_from_config_file(struct command_line* cmdline, struct job_data* job)
 	} else {
 		blsdir = ZIPL_DEFAULT_BLSDIR;
 	}
-	rc = scan_bls(blsdir, &scan, scan_size);
+	rc = scan_bls(&scan, scan_size);
 	if (rc) {
 		error_text("BLS parsing '%s'", blsdir);
 		return rc;
diff --git a/zipl/src/scan.c b/zipl/src/scan.c
index 17a9e46a..9352f76f 100644
--- a/zipl/src/scan.c
+++ b/zipl/src/scan.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include "misc.h"
 #include "scan.h"
 
-
 /* Determines which keyword may be present in which section */
 enum scan_key_state scan_key_table[SCAN_SECTION_NUM][SCAN_KEYWORD_NUM] = {
 /*	 defa dump dump imag para parm ramd segm targ prom time defa tape mv
@@ -1318,7 +1317,7 @@ static char *scan_get_default_target(struct scan_token *scan)
 
 #define BLS_TOKEN_MAX 5 /* section heading, image, ramdisk, parameter, target */
 
-int scan_bls(const char *blsdir, struct scan_token **token, int scan_size)
+int scan_bls(struct scan_token **token, int scan_size)
 {
 	int size, remaining = 0, n, current, rc = -1, count = 0;
 	struct scan_token *array = *token;