diff --git a/server/core/maxscale/config.h b/server/core/maxscale/config.h
index 8c86d9a39..eb32e0430 100644
--- a/server/core/maxscale/config.h
+++ b/server/core/maxscale/config.h
@@ -142,4 +142,11 @@ void config_add_module_params_json(const MXS_MODULE* mod,
                                    const char** type_params,
                                    json_t* output);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Convert section names to new format
+ *
+ * @param section Section name to fix
+ */
+void fix_section_name(char *section);
+
 MXS_END_DECLS
diff --git a/server/core/service.cc b/server/core/service.cc
index de6880f22..130e2a487 100644
--- a/server/core/service.cc
+++ b/server/core/service.cc
@@ -1222,6 +1222,8 @@ serviceSetFilters(SERVICE *service, char *filters)
     ptr = strtok_r(filters, "|", &brkt);
     while (ptr)
     {
+        fix_section_name(ptr);
+
         n++;
         MXS_FILTER_DEF **tmp;
         if ((tmp = (MXS_FILTER_DEF **) MXS_REALLOC(flist,