diff --git a/plugins/network/tc_ b/plugins/network/tc_
index c912c89d..77000c4e 100755
--- a/plugins/network/tc_
+++ b/plugins/network/tc_
@@ -68,9 +68,15 @@ case $1 in
 esac
 
 # the root(s)
-mytc $DEVICE | grep -v " parent " | awk "{ print \$2 \"_\" \$3 \".value \" \$14}"
+mytc $DEVICE | grep -v " parent " | awk '{
+    split(substr($0, match($0, /[0-9]+ [Bb]ytes/)), a, " ");
+    print $2 "_" $3 ".value " a[1];
+}'
 
 # the child(s)
-mytc $DEVICE | grep " parent " | awk "{ print \$2 \"_\" \$3 \".value \" \$19}"
+mytc $DEVICE | grep " parent " | awk '{
+    split(substr($0, match($0, /[0-9]+ [Bb]ytes/)), a, " ");
+    print $2 "_" $3 ".value " a[1];
+}'
 
 exit 0