diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_linkagg.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_linkagg.py
index 840576eee7b..e07c18b0e57 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_linkagg.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_linkagg.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def parse_members(module, config, group):
 
 
 def get_channel(module, config, group):
-    match = re.findall(r'interface (\S+)', config, re.M)
+    match = re.findall(r'^interface (\S+)', config, re.M)
 
     if not match:
         return {}