diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7603711503ea..4b25a94cfc36 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ sub git_commit_info {
 
 	return ($id, $desc) if ($#lines < 0);
 
-	if ($lines[0] =~ /^error: short SHA1 $commit is ambiguous\./) {
+	if ($lines[0] =~ /^error: short SHA1 $commit is ambiguous/) {
 # Maybe one day convert this block of bash into something that returns
 # all matching commit ids, but it's very slow...
 #