diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 5aa3dfe6474..30e18cedb42 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ _comp_complete_service()
     else
         local sysvdirs
         _comp_sysvdirs || return 1
-        _comp_compgen_split -l -- "$(command sed -e 'y/|/ /' \
+        _comp_compgen_split -- "$(command sed -e 'y/|/ /' \
             -ne 's/^.*\(U\|msg_u\)sage.*{\(.*\)}.*$/\2/p' \
             "${sysvdirs[0]}/${prev##*/}" 2>/dev/null) start stop"
     fi