diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin_jinja/so-yara-update b/salt/manager/tools/sbin_jinja/so-yara-update
index 2cb59056c..07c940f47 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin_jinja/so-yara-update
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin_jinja/so-yara-update
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rm -f $OUTPUTDIR/*
 
 for i in $(find $SORULEDIR -name "*.yar" -o -name "*.yara"); do
   rule_name=$(echo $i | awk -F '/' '{print $NF}')
-  if [[ ! "${excluded_rules}" =~ ${rule_name} ]]; then
+  if [[ ! "${excluded_rules[*]}" =~ ${rule_name} ]]; then
     echo "Adding rule: $rule_name..."
     cp $i $OUTPUTDIR/$rule_name
     ((newcounter++))