diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index d7f09d9cfd24..8f97184a5d9f 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -2268,7 +2268,7 @@ func SplitTagsFlag(tagsFlag string) map[string]string {
 
 	for _, t := range tags {
 		if t != "" {
-			kv := strings.Split(t, "=")
+			kv := strings.SplitN(t, "=", 2)
 
 			if len(kv) == 2 {
 				tagsMap[kv[0]] = kv[1]