diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/uci-defaults/13_fix_group_user b/package/base-files/files/etc/uci-defaults/13_fix_group_user
index deade5bbd1..e6dae2419f 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/uci-defaults/13_fix_group_user
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/uci-defaults/13_fix_group_user
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 . /lib/functions.sh
 
-for file in `grep Require-User /usr/lib/opkg/info/*.control | cut -d: -f1`; do
+for file in `grep -sl Require-User /usr/lib/opkg/info/*.control`; do
 	file="${file##*/}"
 	file="${file%.control}"
 	add_group_and_user "${file}"