diff --git a/get_version.sh b/get_version.sh
index a7148cf8..18d66041 100755
--- a/get_version.sh
+++ b/get_version.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-GIT_VER=`git log|grep commit|wc -l|sed -e "s/^ *//"`
+GIT_VER=`git log|grep ^commit|wc -l|sed -e "s/^ *//"`
 MD5=`git log|head -1|awk '{printf $2}'`
 TMP_FILE=/tmp/version
 echo "#define VERSION \"0.9.11.$GIT_VER\"" > ${TMP_FILE}