diff --git a/pkg/util/loghelper/klog.go b/pkg/util/loghelper/klog.go
index 2402c4c2b..3e23550dc 100644
--- a/pkg/util/loghelper/klog.go
+++ b/pkg/util/loghelper/klog.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 var klogRegEx1 = regexp.MustCompile(`^[A-Z][0-9]{4} [0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{6}\s+[0-9]+\s([^]]+)] (.+)$`)
 
-var structuredComponent = regexp.MustCompile(`^([a-zA-Z\-_]+)=`)
+var structuredComponent = regexp.MustCompile(`^([a-zA-Z0-9\-_]+)=`)
 
 // https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-instrumentation/logging.md
 func PrintKlogLine(line string, args []interface{}) {
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func parseStructuredLogging(line string) (string, []interface{}) {
 	}
 
 	line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+	originalLine := line
 
 	// parse message
 	message, line := parseQuotedMessage(line, true)
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ func parseStructuredLogging(line string) (string, []interface{}) {
 	retArgs := []interface{}{}
 	for line != "" {
 		if !structuredComponent.MatchString(line) {
-			break
+			// there seems to be a problem with parsing, so just return original line
+			return originalLine, nil
 		}
 
 		matches := structuredComponent.FindStringSubmatch(line)
@@ -52,13 +54,12 @@ func parseStructuredLogging(line string) (string, []interface{}) {
 			value, restOfLine := parseQuotedMessage(line, false)
 
 			message = value
-			line = restOfLine
+			line = strings.TrimSpace(restOfLine)
 		} else {
 			retArgs = append(retArgs, name)
 			value, restOfLine := parseQuotedMessage(line, false)
-			retArgs = append(retArgs, value)
-
-			line = restOfLine
+			retArgs = append(retArgs, strings.TrimSpace(value))
+			line = strings.TrimSpace(restOfLine)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -103,6 +104,8 @@ func parseQuotedMessage(line string, allowSpace bool) (string, string) {
 		if nextSpace > 0 {
 			return strings.ReplaceAll(line[:nextSpace], `\"`, `"`), line[nextSpace+1:]
 		}
+
+		return strings.ReplaceAll(line, `\"`, `"`), ""
 	}
 
 	return strings.ReplaceAll(message, `\"`, `"`), line