diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk b/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk
index fd1ab80be0de..a4cf678cf5c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ BEGIN {
 
 /^GNU objdump/ {
 	verstr = ""
+	gsub(/\(.*\)/, "");
 	for (i = 3; i <= NF; i++)
 		if (match($(i), "^[0-9]")) {
 			verstr = $(i);