diff --git a/roles/network/tasks/detected_network.yml b/roles/network/tasks/detected_network.yml
index e4ec63bd8..a5fc5eaf0 100644
--- a/roles/network/tasks/detected_network.yml
+++ b/roles/network/tasks/detected_network.yml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
   ignore_errors: True
 
 - name: Detect country code passed from cmdline in dmesg
-  shell: dmesg | grep ieee80211 | awk -F cfg80211.ieee80211_regdom= '{print $2}'
+  shell: dmesg | grep -m1 'cfg80211\.ieee80211_regdom=' | awk -F 'cfg80211\.ieee80211_regdom=' '{print $2}'
   register: cmdline_country_code
   ignore_errors: True