diff --git a/templates/l3_agent_stop_ping.sh.j2 b/templates/l3_agent_stop_ping.sh.j2
index d18a9564..a9275dc0 100644
--- a/templates/l3_agent_stop_ping.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/l3_agent_stop_ping.sh.j2
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ PING_RESULT_LOG=$(find ~ -iname 'ping_results*' | sort | tail -1)
 tail -2 $PING_RESULT_LOG
 
 # check results
-PING_RESULT=$( awk '/[[:digit:]]+% packet loss/' $PING_RESULT_LOG | grep -Eo '[[:digit:]]+%' | sed s/\%// )
-if [[ $PING_RESULT -gt {{ loss_threshold|default(1)|int }} ]]; then
+PING_RESULT=$( grep 'packet loss' $PING_RESULT_LOG | sed 's/.*,\s\(.*\)%.*$/\1/' )
+if [ $(echo "$PING_RESULT > {{ loss_threshold|default(1)|int }}" | bc ) -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "Ping loss higher than {{ loss_threshold|default(1)|int }}% detected"
     exit 1
 fi