diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-import-pcap b/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-import-pcap
index f0662dec2..684cc6ed0 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-import-pcap
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-import-pcap
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ for PCAP in $INPUT_FILES; do
       HASH_FILTERS="import.id:${HASH}"
       HASHES="${HASH}"
     else
-      HASH_FILTERS="$HASH_FILTERS OR import.id:${HASH}"
+      HASH_FILTERS="$HASH_FILTERS%20OR%20import.id:${HASH}"
       HASHES="${HASHES} ${HASH}"
     fi