diff --git a/scripts/upgrade-utilities/playbooks/memcached-flush.yml b/scripts/upgrade-utilities/playbooks/memcached-flush.yml
index 81e3243221..68c92f60c4 100644
--- a/scripts/upgrade-utilities/playbooks/memcached-flush.yml
+++ b/scripts/upgrade-utilities/playbooks/memcached-flush.yml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
   tasks:
     - name: Flush all of the cache in memcached
       shell: |
-        echo 'flush_all' | nc $(awk '/\-l/ {print $2}' /etc/memcached.conf) $(awk '/\-p/ {print $2}' /etc/memcached.conf)
+        echo 'flush_all' | nc $(awk '/\-l/ {print $2}' /etc/memcached.conf | awk -F, '{ print $1 }') $(awk '/\-p/ {print $2}' /etc/memcached.conf)