diff --git a/seqs/rsyslog/10-rngd.conf b/seqs/rsyslog/10-rngd.conf
index e3b8f01..dc13e08 100644
--- a/seqs/rsyslog/10-rngd.conf
+++ b/seqs/rsyslog/10-rngd.conf
@@ -1 +1 @@
-if $programname == 'rngd' and re_match($msg, "^stats:.*") then stop
+if $programname == 'rngd' and re_match($msg, "\^stats:.*") then stop