diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/ramspeed-smp/ramspeed-smp_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/ramspeed-smp/ramspeed-smp_git.bb
index 1e55bcf87e..e13ce26ae2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/ramspeed-smp/ramspeed-smp_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/ramspeed-smp/ramspeed-smp_git.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENCE;md5=92cffec6695a20eab8d0e4770f4e9353"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/cruvolo/ramspeed-smp.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
 SRCREV = "2011a256caa6a0ccdb88cb8c6b1e69c8f782b729"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
+
 do_compile() {
     ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} \
         ramsmp.c intmem.c fltmem.c intmark.c fltmark.c \