diff --git a/dracut-kdump.sh b/dracut-kdump.sh
index 2999073..faeb7c5 100755
--- a/dracut-kdump.sh
+++ b/dracut-kdump.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ dump_ssh()
 
 is_ssh_dump_target()
 {
-    grep -q "^ssh.*@" $conf_file
+    grep -q "^ssh[[:blank:]].*@" $conf_file
 }
 
 is_raw_dump_target()
diff --git a/kdumpctl b/kdumpctl
index 640349d..3e6618b 100755
--- a/kdumpctl
+++ b/kdumpctl
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ function save_raw()
 function start()
 {
 	local nr
-	nr=$(awk 'BEGIN{cnt=0} /^raw |^ssh |^nfs |^ext[234] |^xfs |^btrfs |^minix /{cnt++} END{print cnt}' $KDUMP_CONFIG_FILE)
+	nr=$(awk 'BEGIN{cnt=0} /^raw|^ssh[[:blank:]]|^nfs|^ext[234]|^xfs|^btrfs|^minix/{cnt++} END{print cnt}' $KDUMP_CONFIG_FILE)
 	[ $nr -gt 1 ] && {
 		echo -n "Error: More than one dump targets specified"; echo
 		return 1