diff --git a/scripts/ver_linux b/scripts/ver_linux
index e1dc041f903f..a6c728db05ce 100755
--- a/scripts/ver_linux
+++ b/scripts/ver_linux
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ BEGIN {
 function version(cmd,    ver) {
 	cmd = cmd " 2>&1"
 	while (cmd | getline > 0) {
-		if (!/ver_linux/ && match($0, /[0-9]+([.]?[0-9]+)+/)) {
+		if (match($0, /[0-9]+([.]?[0-9]+)+/)) {
 			ver = substr($0, RSTART, RLENGTH)
 			break
 		}