diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-templates-load b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
index ba5767255..4ac1b4d5f 100755
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ if [ ! -f $STATE_FILE_SUCCESS ]; then
       TEMPLATE=${i::-14}
       COMPONENT_PATTERN=${TEMPLATE:3}
       MATCH=$(echo "$TEMPLATE" | grep -E "^so-logs-|^so-metrics" | grep -vE "detections|osquery")
-      if [[ -n "$MATCH" && ! "$COMPONENT_LIST" =~ "$COMPONENT_PATTERN" && ! "$COMPONENT_PATTERN" =~ *\.generic|logs-winlog\.winlog ]]; then
+      if [[ -n "$MATCH" && ! "$COMPONENT_LIST" =~ "$COMPONENT_PATTERN" && ! "$COMPONENT_PATTERN" =~ \.generic|logs-winlog\.winlog ]]; then
         load_failures=$((load_failures+1))
         echo "Component template does not exist for $COMPONENT_PATTERN. The index template will not be loaded. Load failures: $load_failures"
       else