diff --git a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker
index 00a6274f4..fe21c7473 100755
--- a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker
+++ b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ _ping() {
 			"${host}" 2>&1
 		) && echo "$ret" | grep -sq "bytes from" && {
 			if [ "$localip" = "yes" ]; then
-				OMR_TRACKER_LATENCY=$(echo "$ret" | cut -d "/" -s -f5 | cut -d "." -f1)
+				OMR_TRACKER_LATENCY=$(echo "$ret" | cut -d "/" -s -f5 | cut -d "." -f1 | tr -d '\n')
 				_update_rto "$OMR_TRACKER_LATENCY"
 			fi
 			return
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ _ping() {
 			"${host}" 2>&1
 		) && echo "$ret" | grep -sq "bytes from" && {
 			if [ "$localip" = "yes" ]; then
-				OMR_TRACKER_LATENCY=$(echo "$ret" | cut -d "/" -s -f5 | cut -d "." -f1)
+				OMR_TRACKER_LATENCY=$(echo "$ret" | cut -d "/" -s -f5 | cut -d "." -f1 | tr -d '\n')
 				_update_rto "$OMR_TRACKER_LATENCY"
 			fi
 			return