diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/boot-wrapper-aarch64/boot-wrapper-aarch64_git.bb b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/boot-wrapper-aarch64/boot-wrapper-aarch64_git.bb
index 74adaf34..411dac0c 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/boot-wrapper-aarch64/boot-wrapper-aarch64_git.bb
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/boot-wrapper-aarch64/boot-wrapper-aarch64_git.bb
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=bb63326febfb5fb909226c8e7ebcef5c"
 SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mark/boot-wrapper-aarch64.git;branch=master"
 SRCREV = "1044c77062573985f7c994c3b6cef5695f57e955"
 
+# boot-wrapper doesn't make releases
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
+
 PV = "git${SRCPV}"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"