diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs_git.bb
index a63494a62d..ee1b9d0507 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs_git.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ SRC_URI = " \
     file://Force-text-segment-alignment-to-0x08000000-for-i386-.patch \
 "
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
+
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 COMPATIBLE_HOST = "(i.86|x86_64|powerpc|powerpc64|aarch64|arm).*-linux*"