diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/suseagent b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/suseagent
index 37ca9168..3fe6642b 100755
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/suseagent
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/suseagent
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ proto=$(grep ^protocol: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg)
 proto=${proto#protocol: }
 
 append=$(grep ^installedargs: /tmp/profile.yaml | sed -e 's/^installedargs: //' -e 's/#.*//')
-if grep console= /etc/fakecmdline > /dev/null &&  [[ "$append" != *console=* ]]; then
+if grep console= /etc/fakecmdline >& /dev/null &&  [[ "$append" != *console=* ]]; then
 	append="$append console=${autocons#*/dev/}"
 fi
 if [ -z "$append" ]; then