diff --git a/Shorewall/Actions/action.Limit b/Shorewall/Actions/action.Limit
index dab00f760..a3f0e64c2 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Actions/action.Limit
+++ b/Shorewall/Actions/action.Limit
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ my $chainref        = get_action_chain;
 my @param           = get_action_params(3);
 my ( $level, $tag ) = get_action_logging;
 
-@param = split /,/, $tag unless supplied( join '', @param );
+@param = split( ',', $tag ), $tag = $param[0] unless supplied( join '', @param );
 
 fatal_error 'Limit rules must include <set name>,<max connections>,<interval> as the log tag or as parameters' unless @param == 3;
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ add_irule $chainref, recent => "--name $set --set";
 
 if ( $level ne '' ) {
     my $xchainref = new_chain 'filter' , "$chainref->{name}%";
-    log_irule_limit( $level, $xchainref, $param[0], 'DROP', [], $tag, 'add' , '' );
+    log_irule_limit( $level, $xchainref, '', 'DROP', [], $tag, 'add' , '' );
     add_ijump $xchainref, j => 'DROP';
     add_ijump $chainref,  j => $xchainref, recent => "--name $set --update --seconds $param[2] --hitcount $count";
 } else {