diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 4d71111..abbae2c 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_CHECK_PLUGIN_SUPPORT,
             system="unknown"
         else
           if test -r "/etc/.relid" -a x"`uname -n`" = x"`uname -s`"; then
-            system="MP-RAS-`$AWK '{print $[3]}' /etc/.relid'`"
+            system="MP-RAS-`$AWK '{print $[3]}' /etc/.relid`"
           fi
         fi
       fi
diff --git a/macros/pluginsupport.m4 b/macros/pluginsupport.m4
index bae7f60..dd6d19b 100644
--- a/macros/pluginsupport.m4
+++ b/macros/pluginsupport.m4
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_CHECK_PLUGIN_SUPPORT,
             system="unknown"
         else
           if test -r "/etc/.relid" -a x"`uname -n`" = x"`uname -s`"; then
-            system="MP-RAS-`$AWK '{print $3}' /etc/.relid'`"
+            system="MP-RAS-`$AWK '{print $[3]}' /etc/.relid`"
           fi
         fi
       fi