diff --git a/SOURCES/iptables.init b/SOURCES/iptables.init
index 6b391fd..52fa91a 100755
--- a/SOURCES/iptables.init
+++ b/SOURCES/iptables.init
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ load_sysctl() {
         echo -n $"Loading sysctl settings: "
         ret=0
         for item in $IPTABLES_SYSCTL_LOAD_LIST; do
-            fgrep -hs $item /etc/sysctl.d/* | sysctl -p - >/dev/null
+            fgrep -hs $item /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf | sysctl -p - >/dev/null
             let ret+=$?;
         done
         [ $ret -eq 0 ] && success || failure
diff --git a/SPECS/iptables.spec b/SPECS/iptables.spec
index 4a37e0a..a631e1c 100644
--- a/SPECS/iptables.spec
+++ b/SPECS/iptables.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Name: iptables
 Summary: Tools for managing Linux kernel packet filtering capabilities
 URL: http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables
 Version: 1.8.4
-Release: 14%{?dist}
+Release: 15%{?dist}
 Source: %{url}/files/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: iptables.init
 Source2: iptables-config
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ done
 %doc %{_mandir}/man8/ebtables*.8*
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Aug 15 2020 Phil Sutter <psutter@redhat.com> - 1.8.4-15
+- Ignore sysctl files not suffixed '.conf'
+
 * Wed Jun 24 2020 Phil Sutter <psutter@redhat.com> - 1.8.4-14
 - nft: Fix for '-F' in iptables dumps
 - tests: shell: Test -F in dump files