diff --git a/shade/__init__.py b/shade/__init__.py
index ad5eee2f5..5b30c3ca6 100644
--- a/shade/__init__.py
+++ b/shade/__init__.py
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ class OpenStackCloud(object):
             if image_id == name_or_id:
                 return image
             if (image is not None and
-                    name_or_id in image.name and (
+                    name_or_id == image.name and (
                     not exclude or exclude not in image.name)):
                 return image
         return None