diff --git a/config/zfs-meta.m4 b/config/zfs-meta.m4
index 20a61cf04..7c92dd541 100644
--- a/config/zfs-meta.m4
+++ b/config/zfs-meta.m4
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_META], [
 
 		ZFS_META_RELEASE=_ZFS_AC_META_GETVAL([Release]);
 		if test ! -f ".nogitrelease" && git rev-parse --git-dir > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-			_match="${ZFS_META_NAME}-${ZFS_META_VERSION}*"
+			_match="${ZFS_META_NAME}-${ZFS_META_VERSION}"
 			_alias=$(git describe --match=${_match} 2>/dev/null)
 			_release=$(echo ${_alias}|cut -f3- -d'-'|sed 's/-/_/g')
 			if test -n "${_release}"; then