diff --git a/bin/pt-mysql-summary b/bin/pt-mysql-summary
index bd8960cc..3c794eb8 100755
--- a/bin/pt-mysql-summary
+++ b/bin/pt-mysql-summary
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ get_mysqldump_args () {
 collect_mysqld_executables () {
    local mysqld_instances="$1"
 
-   for pid in $( grep '/mysqld' "$mysqld_instances" | awk '/^ .*[0-9]/{print $1}' ); do
+   for pid in $( grep '/mysqld' "$mysqld_instances" | awk '/^.*[0-9]/{print $1}' ); do
       ps -o cmd -p $pid | sed -e 's/^\(.*mysqld\) .*/\1/' | grep -v '^CMD$'
    done | sort -u
 }
diff --git a/lib/bash/collect_mysql_info.sh b/lib/bash/collect_mysql_info.sh
index ba35831a..df4bddcd 100644
--- a/lib/bash/collect_mysql_info.sh
+++ b/lib/bash/collect_mysql_info.sh
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ get_mysqldump_args () {
 collect_mysqld_executables () {
    local mysqld_instances="$1"
 
-   for pid in $( grep '/mysqld' "$mysqld_instances" | awk '/^ .*[0-9]/{print $1}' ); do
+   for pid in $( grep '/mysqld' "$mysqld_instances" | awk '/^.*[0-9]/{print $1}' ); do
       ps -o cmd -p $pid | sed -e 's/^\(.*mysqld\) .*/\1/' | grep -v '^CMD$'
    done | sort -u
 }