diff --git a/cfg/cis-1.20/master.yaml b/cfg/cis-1.20/master.yaml
index 10e5028..a57244d 100644
--- a/cfg/cis-1.20/master.yaml
+++ b/cfg/cis-1.20/master.yaml
@@ -176,7 +176,13 @@ groups:
 
       - id: 1.1.12
         text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd (Automated)"
-        audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -- --data-dir | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\([^ ]*\).*%\1%' | xargs stat -c %U:%G
+        audit: |
+          DATA_DIR=''
+          for d in $(ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -- --data-dir | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\([^ ]*\).*%\1%'); do
+            if test -d "$d"; then DATA_DIR="$d"; fi
+          done
+          if ! test -d "$DATA_DIR"; then DATA_DIR=$etcddatadir; fi
+          stat -c %U:%G "$DATA_DIR"
         tests:
           test_items:
             - flag: "etcd:etcd"
diff --git a/cfg/cis-1.23/master.yaml b/cfg/cis-1.23/master.yaml
index 8ed17af..db355bb 100644
--- a/cfg/cis-1.23/master.yaml
+++ b/cfg/cis-1.23/master.yaml
@@ -169,7 +169,13 @@ groups:
 
       - id: 1.1.12
         text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd (Automated)"
-        audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -- --data-dir | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\([^ ]*\).*%\1%' | xargs stat -c %U:%G
+        audit: |
+          DATA_DIR=''
+          for d in $(ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -- --data-dir | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\([^ ]*\).*%\1%'); do
+            if test -d "$d"; then DATA_DIR="$d"; fi
+          done
+          if ! test -d "$DATA_DIR"; then DATA_DIR=$etcddatadir; fi
+          stat -c %U:%G "$DATA_DIR"
         tests:
           test_items:
             - flag: "etcd:etcd"
diff --git a/cfg/cis-1.24/master.yaml b/cfg/cis-1.24/master.yaml
index b28cb0e..a13333d 100644
--- a/cfg/cis-1.24/master.yaml
+++ b/cfg/cis-1.24/master.yaml
@@ -147,7 +147,13 @@ groups:
 
       - id: 1.1.11
         text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory permissions are set to 700 or more restrictive (Automated)"
-        audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -- --data-dir | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\([^ ]*\).*%\1%' | xargs stat -c permissions=%a
+        audit: |
+          DATA_DIR=''
+          for d in $(ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -- --data-dir | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\([^ ]*\).*%\1%'); do
+            if test -d "$d"; then DATA_DIR="$d"; fi
+          done
+          if ! test -d "$DATA_DIR"; then DATA_DIR=$etcddatadir; fi
+          stat -c permissions=%a "$DATA_DIR"
         tests:
           test_items:
             - flag: "permissions"
@@ -163,7 +169,13 @@ groups:
 
       - id: 1.1.12
         text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd (Automated)"
-        audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -- --data-dir | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\([^ ]*\).*%\1%' | xargs stat -c %U:%G
+        audit: |
+          DATA_DIR=''
+          for d in $(ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -- --data-dir | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\([^ ]*\).*%\1%'); do
+            if test -d "$d"; then DATA_DIR="$d"; fi
+          done
+          if ! test -d "$DATA_DIR"; then DATA_DIR=$etcddatadir; fi
+          stat -c %U:%G "$DATA_DIR"
         tests:
           test_items:
             - flag: "etcd:etcd"