diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/sockperf/sockperf_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/sockperf/sockperf_git.bb
index 42327f5426..ab0e35667e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/sockperf/sockperf_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/sockperf/sockperf_git.bb
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://copying;md5=b4563b57c98bc23c8cecbc0b6d9546e9"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Mellanox/sockperf;branch=sockperf_v2;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "3c65ad99cd385e18f8a2a655c19826e81a4d17e8"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
+
 inherit autotools
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