diff --git a/manifests/migration/libvirt.pp b/manifests/migration/libvirt.pp
index d3b932e4b..f7f75c41a 100644
--- a/manifests/migration/libvirt.pp
+++ b/manifests/migration/libvirt.pp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class nova::migration::libvirt(
           file_line { '/etc/sysconfig/libvirtd libvirtd args':
             path  => '/etc/sysconfig/libvirtd',
             line  => 'LIBVIRTD_ARGS="--listen"',
-            match => 'LIBVIRTD_ARGS=',
+            match => '^LIBVIRTD_ARGS=',
             tag   => 'libvirt-file_line',
           }
         }