diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/default b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/default
index 185d01324b3..c5136546ebe 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/default
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/default
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   {% set cloud_provider = "--cloud_provider=aws" -%}
   {% set cloud_config = "--cloud_config=/etc/aws.conf" -%}
   {% set minion_regexp = "" -%}
-  {% set machines = "--machines " + ','.join(salt['mine.get']('roles:kubernetes-pool', 'network.ip_addrs', expr_form='grain').keys()) -%}
+  {% set machines = "--machines=" + ','.join(salt['mine.get']('roles:kubernetes-pool', 'network.ip_addrs', expr_form='grain').keys()) -%}
 {% endif -%}
 {% if grains.cloud == 'azure' -%}
   MACHINES="{{ salt['mine.get']('roles:kubernetes-pool', 'grains.items', expr_form='grain').values()|join(',', attribute='hostnamef') }}"