diff --git a/scripts/vm/network/security_group.py b/scripts/vm/network/security_group.py
index a7c64b0984e..1d94de3d60b 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/network/security_group.py
+++ b/scripts/vm/network/security_group.py
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ def cleanup_rules():
                     logging.debug("vm " + vm_name + " is not running or paused, cleaning up iptable rules")
                     cleanup.append(vm_name)
 
-        chainscmd = """ebtables-save | awk '/:i/ { gsub(/(^:|-(in|out))/, "") ; print $1}'"""
+        chainscmd = """ebtables-save | awk '/:i/ { gsub(/(^:|-(in|out|ips))/, "") ; print $1}'"""
         chains = execute(chainscmd).split('\n')
         for chain in chains:
             if 1 in [ chain.startswith(c) for c in ['r-', 'i-', 's-', 'v-'] ]: