diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 56c70f456..c623068fa 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -8735,7 +8735,7 @@ sub get_inline_matches( $ ) {
 # Split the passed target into the basic target and parameter
 #
 sub get_target_param( $ ) {
-    my ( $target, $param ) = split '/', $_[0];
+    my ( $target, $param ) = split '/', $_[0], 2;
 
     unless ( defined $param ) {
 	( $target, $param ) = ( $1, $2 ) if $target =~ /^(.*?)[(](.*)[)]$/;