diff --git a/rpmlint/checks/SUIDPermissionsCheck.py b/rpmlint/checks/SUIDPermissionsCheck.py
index b7f5ee4c2..27159f1c9 100644
--- a/rpmlint/checks/SUIDPermissionsCheck.py
+++ b/rpmlint/checks/SUIDPermissionsCheck.py
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ def _check_post_scriptlets(self, pkg, path, need_verifyscript):
 
         if script:
             for line in script.split('\n'):
-                if re.search(fr'(chkstat|permctl) -n .* {path}', line):
+                escaped = re.escape(path)
+                if re.search(fr'(chkstat|permctl) -n .* {escaped}', line):
                     found = True
                     break