diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Actions.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Actions.pm
index 4ba894862..94999e60d 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Actions.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Actions.pm
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ sub get_target_param( $ ) {
     my ( $target, $param ) = split '/', $_[0];
 
     unless ( defined $param ) {
-	( $target, $param ) = ( $1, $2 ) if $target =~ /^(\w+)[(](.*)[)]$/;
+	( $target, $param ) = ( $1, $2 ) if $target =~ /^(.*?)[(](.*)[)]$/;
     }
 
     ( $target, $param );