diff --git a/sbin/devd/devd.conf b/sbin/devd/devd.conf
index 33d271eb443e..e5f6cdabe630 100644
--- a/sbin/devd/devd.conf
+++ b/sbin/devd/devd.conf
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ nomatch 10 {
 	action "kldload if_deqna";
 };
 attach 10 {
-	device-name "^deqna[0-9]+";
+	device-name "deqna[0-9]+";
 	action "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name start";
 };
 detach 10 {
-	device-name "^deqna[0-9]+";
+	device-name "deqna[0-9]+";
 	action "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name stop";
 };