diff --git a/assets/state-sandbox-device-plugin/0500_daemonset.yaml b/assets/state-sandbox-device-plugin/0500_daemonset.yaml
index 5a5d7d246..b34acb262 100644
--- a/assets/state-sandbox-device-plugin/0500_daemonset.yaml
+++ b/assets/state-sandbox-device-plugin/0500_daemonset.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
           command: ['sh', '-c']
           args:
             - until [ -f /run/nvidia/validations/workload-type ]; do echo waiting for workload type status file; sleep 5; done;
-              if [ "$(</run/nvidia/validations/workload-type)" != "vm-passthrough" ]; then echo vfio-pci not needed, skipping validation; exit 0; fi;
+              if [ "$(cat /run/nvidia/validations/workload-type)" != "vm-passthrough" ]; then echo vfio-pci not needed, skipping validation; exit 0; fi;
               until [ -f /run/nvidia/validations/vfio-pci-ready ]; do echo waiting for vfio-pci driver ...; sleep 5; done;
           env:
             - name: NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES