diff -up fail2ban-0.8.11/config/action.d/firewall-cmd-direct-new.conf.singlejail fail2ban-0.8.11/config/action.d/firewall-cmd-direct-new.conf
--- fail2ban-0.8.11/config/action.d/firewall-cmd-direct-new.conf.singlejail	2013-12-03 16:17:48.282238194 +0100
+++ fail2ban-0.8.11/config/action.d/firewall-cmd-direct-new.conf	2013-12-03 16:17:57.421402502 +0100
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ actionstop = firewall-cmd --direct --rem
              firewall-cmd --direct --remove-rules ipv4 filter fail2ban-<name>
              firewall-cmd --direct --remove-chain ipv4 filter fail2ban-<name>
 
-actioncheck = firewall-cmd --direct --get-chains ipv4 filter | grep -q 'fail2ban-<name>[ \t]'
+actioncheck = firewall-cmd --direct --get-chains ipv4 filter | grep -Eq 'fail2ban-<name>$|fail2ban-<name> '
 
 actionban = firewall-cmd --direct --add-rule ipv4 filter fail2ban-<name> 0 -s <ip> -j <blocktype>