diff --git a/managed/scripts/disk-io-failure/disk_io_failure_detection.py b/managed/scripts/disk-io-failure/disk_io_failure_detection.py
index 384375ed65c9..6171fbfc20b9 100644
--- a/managed/scripts/disk-io-failure/disk_io_failure_detection.py
+++ b/managed/scripts/disk-io-failure/disk_io_failure_detection.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def parse_config_file(config_path):
         with open(config_path, 'r') as file:
             for line in file:
                 line = line.strip()
-                key, value = line[2:].split('=')
+                key, value = line[2:].split('=', 1)
                 if key == PROCESS_NAMES_ARG:
                     args[key] = value.split()
                 elif key == TIME_LIMIT_ARG:
diff --git a/managed/scripts/disk-io-failure/disk_io_failure_detection_py3.py b/managed/scripts/disk-io-failure/disk_io_failure_detection_py3.py
index 9f770f22d98f..981805f91895 100644
--- a/managed/scripts/disk-io-failure/disk_io_failure_detection_py3.py
+++ b/managed/scripts/disk-io-failure/disk_io_failure_detection_py3.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def parse_config_file(config_path):
             for line in file:
                 line = line.strip()
                 if line.startswith(DOUBLE_HYPHEN):
-                    key, value = line[2:].split('=')
+                    key, value = line[2:].split('=', 1)
                     if key == PROCESS_NAMES_ARG:
                         args[key] = value.split()
                     elif key == TIME_LIMIT_ARG: