diff --git a/charts/compute-utility/templates/bin/utility/_compute.tpl b/charts/compute-utility/templates/bin/utility/_compute.tpl
index a60aec9f..3534536e 100644
--- a/charts/compute-utility/templates/bin/utility/_compute.tpl
+++ b/charts/compute-utility/templates/bin/utility/_compute.tpl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ COMP1=${COMPONENT#"$prefix"}
 COMP=${COMP1%"$suffix"}
 # ovs needs to be narrowed down a bit
 if [ "$COMP" == "ovs" ]; then
-   COMP = "neutron-ovs-agent"
+   COMP="neutron-ovs-agent"
 fi
 
 # find the pod for the component and hostname