diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/suseagent b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/suseagent
index c3b12a27..4aa54aa5 100755
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/suseagent
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/suseagent
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ else
 			fi
 		fi
 		nameserversec=0
-		if [ ${entry%:*} = "nameservers" ]; then
+		if [ "${entry%:*}" = "nameservers" ]; then
 			nameserversec=1
 			continue
 		fi