diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 42e949cbc255..08f6989437bd 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1906,7 +1906,7 @@ static char *remove_dot(char *s)
 
 	if (n && s[n]) {
 		size_t m = strspn(s + n + 1, "0123456789");
-		if (m && (s[n + m] == '.' || s[n + m] == 0))
+		if (m && (s[n + m + 1] == '.' || s[n + m + 1] == 0))
 			s[n] = 0;
 
 		/* strip trailing .prelink */