diff --git a/check_clientbackup.sh b/check_clientbackup.sh
index 6e752f0217b63a5f3b15ff23453defe91164251f..007a564dc009197372c5d3d77a2d748df956d164 100755
--- a/check_clientbackup.sh
+++ b/check_clientbackup.sh
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ else
       printf "__COUNTERS__New:     %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFNew    $iModDNew
       printf "__COUNTERS__Changed: %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFChange $iModDChange
       printf "__COUNTERS__Deleted: %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFDelete $iModDDelete
-      echo "__PERFDATA__ |files-new=$iModFNew;;;0|files-mod=$iModFChange;;;0|files-del=$iModFDelete|dirs-new=$iModDNew;;;0|dirs-mod=$iModDChange;;;0|dirs-del=$iModDDelete"
+      echo "__PERFDATA__ |files-new=$iModFNew;;;0 files-mod=$iModFChange;;;0 files-del=$iModFDelete dirs-new=$iModDNew;;;0 dirs-mod=$iModDChange;;;0 dirs-del=$iModDDelete"
       echo
     fi