diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go
index 194e7635..3a418ec1 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		var source string
 		var dest string
 
-		bind := util.SplitPaths(b, ":")
+		bind := util.SplitValidPaths(b, ":")
 		source = bind[0]
 
 		if len(bind) == 1 {
diff --git a/internal/pkg/util/util.go b/internal/pkg/util/util.go
index 8ac6b2c7..73c7b74c 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ func SplitEscaped(input, delim, escape string) []string {
 	return (ret)
 }
 
-func SplitPaths(input, delim string) []string {
+func SplitValidPaths(input, delim string) []string {
 	var ret []string
 	str := ""
 	for i := 1; i < len(input); i++ {