diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/slxos.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/slxos.py
index ca065ad9edc..0b88fd0dea7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/slxos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/slxos.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Cliconf(CliconfBase):
         if match:
             device_info['network_os_model'] = match.group(2)
 
-        reply = self.get(b'show running-config | inc "switch-attributes host-name')
+        reply = self.get(b'show running-config | inc "switch-attributes host-name"')
         data = to_text(reply, errors='surrogate_or_strict').strip()
 
         match = re.search(r'switch-attributes host-name (\S+)', data, re.M)