diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 7faa5bcc3..0464ff271 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ func parseAndSetDebugLevels(debugLevel string) error {
 
 	// Split the specified string into subsystem/level pairs while detecting
 	// issues and update the log levels accordingly.
-	for _, logLevelPair := range strings.Split(debugLevel, ",") {
+	for logLevelPair := range strings.SplitSeq(debugLevel, ",") {
 		if !strings.Contains(logLevelPair, "=") {
 			str := "The specified debug level contains an invalid " +
 				"subsystem/level pair [%v]"