diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk b/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk
index 0d13cd9fdcffd..5bbb5a33f2202 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ BEGIN {
 }
 
 /^GNU/ {
-	split($4, ver, ".");
+	split($3, ver, ".");
 	if (ver[1] > od_ver ||
 	    (ver[1] == od_ver && ver[2] >= od_sver)) {
 		exit 1;