diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_portchannel.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_portchannel.py
index 3be1509459..863e992dd2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_portchannel.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_portchannel.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ def get_value(arg, config, module):
 
 def check_interface(module, netcfg):
     config = str(netcfg)
-    REGEX = re.compile(r'\s+interface port-channel{0}*$'.format(module.params['group']), re.M)
+    REGEX = re.compile(r'\s+interface port-channel{0}$'.format(module.params['group']), re.M)
     value = False
     try:
         if REGEX.search(config):