diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 484b91030..cd1153af3 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ sub do_connbytes( $ ) {
     $dir  =~ s/://;
     $mode =~ s/://;
 
-    "${invert}-m connbytes $min:$max --connbytes-dir $dir{$dir} --connbytes-mode $mode{$mode} ";
+    "${invert}-m connbytes --connbytes $min:$max --connbytes-dir $dir{$dir} --connbytes-mode $mode{$mode} ";
 }
 
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