diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/kvm/patchviasocket.pl b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/kvm/patchviasocket.pl
index 443d6e4277b..7bcd245bc38 100644
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/kvm/patchviasocket.pl
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/kvm/patchviasocket.pl
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ my $msg = "pubkey:" . $key . "\ncmdline:" . $cmdline;
 
 my $socket = IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Peer=>$sockfile,Type=>SOCK_STREAM)
     or die "ERROR: unable to connect to $sockfile - $^E\n";
-print $socket "$msg\r\n";
+print $socket "$msg\n";
 close $socket;