diff --git a/lib/config b/lib/config
index c28072fc08..1678aec3fc 100644
--- a/lib/config
+++ b/lib/config
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function get_meta_section() {
 
     $CONFIG_AWK_CMD -v matchgroup=$matchgroup -v configfile=$configfile '
         BEGIN { group = "" }
-        /^\[\[.+|.*\]\]/ {
+        /^\[\[.+\|.*\]\]/ {
             if (group == "") {
                 gsub("[][]", "", $1);
                 split($1, a, "|");