1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 865718f4bcea..f6c206a5b01a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO
 	localver-extra = $(scm-identifier)
 else
 	ifneq ($(scm-identifier),)
-		ifeq ($(LOCALVERSION),)
+		ifeq ("$(origin LOCALVERSION)", "undefined")
 			localver-extra = +
 		endif
 	endif