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-rwxr-xr-xtools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
index ad73300f7bac..95264f304179 100755
--- a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LF='
# First check if there is a .git to get the version from git describe
# otherwise try to get the version from the kernel makefile
if test -d ../../.git -o -f ../../.git &&
- VN=$(git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
+ VN=$(git describe --match 'v[0-9].[0-9]*' --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
case "$VN" in
*$LF*) (exit 1) ;;
v[0-9]*)