diff --git a/scanners/access-and-control/1.14-ensure-ssh-maxauthtries-is-set-to-4-or-less.sh b/scanners/access-and-control/1.14-ensure-ssh-maxauthtries-is-set-to-4-or-less.sh
index 75ab021f897b81a0201d04d9a0cf999a6bb9bae9..87e95ba0965adbc10033ce702093956ebcf4611b 100644
--- a/scanners/access-and-control/1.14-ensure-ssh-maxauthtries-is-set-to-4-or-less.sh
+++ b/scanners/access-and-control/1.14-ensure-ssh-maxauthtries-is-set-to-4-or-less.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 result=false
 
-sshd -T -C user=root -C host="$(hostname)" -C addr="$(grep $(hostname) /etc/hosts | awk '{print $1}')" | grep -Eiq ^maxauthtries\\s+[0-4] && grep -Eiq '^\s*maxauthtries\s+[0-4]' /etc/ssh/sshd_config && result=true
+sshd -T -C user=root -C host="$(hostname)" -C addr="$(grep $(hostname) /etc/hosts | awk '{print $1}')" | grep -Eiq ^maxauthtries\\s+[0-4]$ && grep -Eiq '^\s*maxauthtries\s+[0-4]$' /etc/ssh/sshd_config && result=true
 
 if [ "$result" = true ]; then
     echo "pass"