diff --git a/modules/svg/icon.js b/modules/svg/icon.js
index 3e7e4081c..b819221f9 100644
--- a/modules/svg/icon.js
+++ b/modules/svg/icon.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export function svgIcon(name, svgklass, useklass) {
     return function drawIcon(selection) {
-        selection.selectAll('svg.icon' + (svgklass ? '.' + svgklass : ''))
+        selection.selectAll('svg.icon' + (svgklass ? '.' + svgklass.split(' ')[0] : ''))
             .data([0])
             .enter()
             .append('svg')