diff --git a/plugins/network/whois_ b/plugins/network/whois_
index 559bfddd..02a9cbd2 100755
--- a/plugins/network/whois_
+++ b/plugins/network/whois_
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ fetch() {
 	CACHEFILE="${MUNIN_PLUGSTATE}/$(basename "${0}").${FIELDNAME}.cache"
 
 	if [ -z "$(find "${CACHEFILE}" -mmin -${CACHE_EXPIRY} 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-		EXPIRY="$(whois "${NAME}" 2>/dev/null | sed -n "${EXTRACT_RE}p")"
+		EXPIRY="$(whois "${NAME}" 2>/dev/null | sed -n "${EXTRACT_RE}p;T;q")" # T;q exits after printing the first match
 		DELTA_TS=U
 		if [ -n "${EXPIRY}" ]; then
 			EXPIRY_TS="$(date +%s -d "${EXPIRY}")"