diff --git a/tasks/syslog_forward.yml b/tasks/syslog_forward.yml
index 2f3a0ec1db840dcc9b7f0cff318f983d68f1cae9..a4c82456c0030d9db6470c138860df6151c8a2c2 100644
--- a/tasks/syslog_forward.yml
+++ b/tasks/syslog_forward.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   lineinfile:
     dest: /etc/syslog.conf
     line: '*.* @tls://{{ syslog_server}}'
-    regexp: '^*.* @'
+    regexp: '^\*.\* '
     state: present
   notify:
   - Restart syslogd