diff --git a/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh b/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh
index 628c941bc3..f218718f64 100644
--- a/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh
+++ b/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ sed -i '
 sed -i '
 /^KUBELET_ADDRESS=/ s/=.*/="--address=0.0.0.0"/
 /^KUBELET_HOSTNAME=/ s/=.*/="--hostname_override='"$myip"'"/
-/^KUBELET_API_SERVER=/ s/=.*/="--api_servers='http:\/\/"$KUBE_MASTER_IP"':8080"/
+/^KUBELET_API_SERVER=/ s|=.*|="--api_servers=http://'"$KUBE_MASTER_IP"':8080"|
+
 ' /etc/kubernetes/kubelet
 
 sed -i '