diff --git a/config/action.d/firewallcmd-new.conf b/config/action.d/firewallcmd-new.conf
index 7a5c03de..bae72ca2 100644
--- a/config/action.d/firewallcmd-new.conf
+++ b/config/action.d/firewallcmd-new.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ actionstop = firewall-cmd --direct --remove-rule ipv4 filter <chain> 0 -m state
              firewall-cmd --direct --remove-rules ipv4 filter fail2ban-<name>
              firewall-cmd --direct --remove-chain ipv4 filter fail2ban-<name>
 
-actioncheck = firewall-cmd --direct --get-chains ipv4 filter | grep -Eq 'fail2ban-<name>( |$)'
+actioncheck = firewall-cmd --direct --get-chains ipv4 filter | grep -q '^fail2ban-<name>$'
 
 actionban = firewall-cmd --direct --add-rule ipv4 filter fail2ban-<name> 0 -s <ip> -j <blocktype>