diff --git a/qosmngr/files/broadcom/lib/qos/qos.sh b/qosmngr/files/broadcom/lib/qos/qos.sh
index 8f44bd75f..ceb72a41a 100755
--- a/qosmngr/files/broadcom/lib/qos/qos.sh
+++ b/qosmngr/files/broadcom/lib/qos/qos.sh
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ handle_classify() {
 	local corder_file="/tmp/qos/classify.order"
 
 	while read -r line; do
-		line_cid=$(echo $line | cut -d '_' -f 2)
+		line_cid=${line#*_}
 
 		# add ip rule only for classify rules which has non empty
 		# value forwarding policy option