diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/sshd_config_match/augeas.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/sshd_config_match/augeas.rb
index 0dcdb24..485de8a 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/sshd_config_match/augeas.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/sshd_config_match/augeas.rb
@@ -127,8 +127,9 @@ def create
 
   def comment
     augopen do |aug|
+      name = Regexp.escape(resource[:name])
       comment = aug.get('$resource/Settings/#comment[1]')
-      comment&.sub!(%r{^#{resource[:name]}:\s*}i, '')
+      comment&.sub!(%r{^#{name}:\s*}i, '')
       comment || ''
     end
   end