diff --git a/scripts/getver.sh b/scripts/getver.sh
index d0916713ad..340ed6862c 100755
--- a/scripts/getver.sh
+++ b/scripts/getver.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ try_version() {
 
 try_git() {
 	git rev-parse --git-dir >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
-	REV="$(git describe --match reboot | sed "s/reboot-\([0-9]*\)-.*/\1/g")"
+	REV="$(git rev-list reboot..HEAD --count)"
 	REV="${REV:+r$REV}"
 	[ -n "$REV" ]
 }