diff --git a/avocado/utils/lv_utils.py b/avocado/utils/lv_utils.py
index e0c2103de145de91b92f711e7b1def790e2d5b23..7c2adbe57603a4864c7adf6c6f91089e2c168be7 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/lv_utils.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/lv_utils.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def vg_ramdisk_cleanup(ramdisk_filename=None, vg_ramdisk_dir=None,
     """
     errs = []
     if vg_name is not None:
-        loop_device = re.search(r"([/\w]+) %s lvm2" % vg_name,
+        loop_device = re.search(r"([/\w]+) +%s +lvm2" % vg_name,
                                 process.run("pvs", sudo=True).stdout)
         if loop_device is not None:
             loop_device = loop_device.group(1)