diff --git a/checks/check_extra7103 b/checks/check_extra7103
index 62c7c293..18247bdf 100644
--- a/checks/check_extra7103
+++ b/checks/check_extra7103
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ extra7103(){
         if [[ $LIST_SM_NB_INSTANCES ]];then 
             for nb_instance in $LIST_SM_NB_INSTANCES; do
                 SM_NB_ROOTACCESS=$($AWSCLI $PROFILE_OPT --region $regx sagemaker describe-notebook-instance --notebook-instance-name $nb_instance --query 'RootAccess' --output text)
-                if [[ $SM_NB_ROOTACCESS -eq "Enabled" ]]; then
+                if [[ "${SM_NB_ROOTACCESS}" == "Enabled" ]]; then
                     textFail "${regx}: Sagemaker Notebook instance $nb_instance has root access enabled" "${regx}"
                 else
                     textPass "${regx}: Sagemaker Notebook instance $nb_instance has root access disabled" "${regx}"