diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/network/asa/asa_acl.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/network/asa/asa_acl.py
index 55d3fd58cdd..fd547c69f89 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/network/asa/asa_acl.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/network/asa/asa_acl.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def get_config(module, acl_name):
 
     filtered_config = list()
     for item in contents.split('\n'):
-        if item.startswith('access-list %s' % acl_name):
+        if item.startswith('access-list %s ' % acl_name):
             filtered_config.append(item)
 
     return NetworkConfig(indent=1, contents='\n'.join(filtered_config))