diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index dc8364453aa3..d77df3b3c4cd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 114067b69e7b2c691faace0e33db2f04096f668d
+refs/heads/master: aa5cdd308ddbb08959534be408eba8ef040b5989
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN b/trunk/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
index ad73300f7bac..95264f304179 100755
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/trunk/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]*)