diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
index b4e9de74b..f8c8099dc 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
@@ -492,9 +492,10 @@ sub process_simple_device() {
 	    $command .= " burst $burst";
 	} else {
 	    fatal_error "Missing OUT-BANDWIDTH Burst ($out_part)";
+	}
 
 	if ( defined $latency && $latency ne '' ) {
-	    fatal_error "Invalid latency ($latency)" unless $latency =~ /\d+(s|sec|secs|ms|msec|msecs|us|usec|usecs)$?/
+	    fatal_error "Invalid latency ($latency)" unless $latency =~ /\d+(s|sec|secs|ms|msec|msecs|us|usec|usecs)$?/;
 	    $command .= " latency $latency" 
 	} else {
 	    fatal_error "Missing OUT-BANDWIDTH Latency ($out_part)";