diff --git a/include/tests_kernel b/include/tests_kernel
index ad914bfb..e3acedce 100644
--- a/include/tests_kernel
+++ b/include/tests_kernel
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@
         if [ -f "${ROOTDIR}etc/profile" ]; then
             LogText "Test: Checking if 'ulimit -c 0' exists in ${ROOTDIR}etc/profile or ${ROOTDIR}etc/profile.d/*.sh"
             # use tail -1 in the following commands to get the last entry, which is the one that counts (in case of profile.d/ probably counts)
-            ULIMIT_C_VALUE="$(${GREPBINARY} "ulimit -c " ${ROOTDIR}etc/profile 2> /dev/null | ${SEDBINARY} 's/^ *//g' | ${GREPBINARY} -v "^#" | ${TAILBINARY} -1 | ${CUTBINARY} -d' ' -f3 | ${SEDBINARY} 's/ .*$//g ; s/\([A-Z][a-z]*\)*$//g')"
-            ULIMIT_C_VALUE_SUB="$(${FINDBINARY} -L ${ROOTDIR}etc/profile.d -name "*.sh" -type f -exec ${CAT_BINARY} {} \; 2> /dev/null | ${GREPBINARY} "ulimit -c " | ${SEDBINARY} 's/^ *//g' | ${GREPBINARY} -v "^#" | ${TAILBINARY} -1 | ${CUTBINARY} -d' ' -f3 | ${SEDBINARY} 's/ .*$//g ; s/\([A-Z][a-z]*\)*$//g')"
+            ULIMIT_C_VALUE="$(${GREPBINARY} "ulimit -H\?c " ${ROOTDIR}etc/profile 2> /dev/null | ${SEDBINARY} 's/^ *//g' | ${GREPBINARY} -v "^#" | ${TAILBINARY} -1 | ${CUTBINARY} -d' ' -f3 | ${SEDBINARY} 's/ .*$//g ; s/\([A-Z][a-z]*\)*$//g')"
+            ULIMIT_C_VALUE_SUB="$(${FINDBINARY} -L ${ROOTDIR}etc/profile.d -name "*.sh" -type f -exec ${CAT_BINARY} {} \; 2> /dev/null | ${GREPBINARY} "ulimit -H\?c " | ${SEDBINARY} 's/^ *//g' | ${GREPBINARY} -v "^#" | ${TAILBINARY} -1 | ${CUTBINARY} -d' ' -f3 | ${SEDBINARY} 's/ .*$//g ; s/\([A-Z][a-z]*\)*$//g')"
             if ( [ -n "${ULIMIT_C_VALUE_SUB}" ] && [ "${ULIMIT_C_VALUE_SUB}" = "0" ] ) || ( [ -n "${ULIMIT_C_VALUE}" ] && [ -z "${ULIMIT_C_VALUE_SUB}" ] && [ "${ULIMIT_C_VALUE}" = "0" ] ); then
                 LogText "Result: core dumps are disabled by 'ulimit -c 0' in ${ROOTDIR}etc/profile or ${ROOTDIR}etc/profile.d/*.sh"
                 Display --indent 4 --text "- configuration in etc/profile" --result "${STATUS_DISABLED}" --color GREEN