diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/wlanconfig b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/wlanconfig
index 22f68da22a57..d4ab8a19c9b6 100755
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/wlanconfig
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/wlanconfig
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ dialog_country_select()
 		sub(/Regulatory.*/, "")
 		for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
 			printf "%s", $i
-			if (match($i, /[[:lower:]]/))
-				if (match($(i+1), /[[:lower:]]/))
+			if ($i ~ /[[:lower:]]/)
+				if ($(i+1) ~ /[[:lower:]]/)
 					printf "\\\\\\ "
 				else
 					printf "\n"