1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/utility.c b/utility.c
index d61ef30e1..235b58227 100644
--- a/utility.c
+++ b/utility.c
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ extern int get_kernel_revision(void)
                 perror("cannot get system information");
                 return (0);
         }
-        sscanf(name.version, "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &patch);
+        major = atoi(strtok(name.release, "."));
+        minor = atoi(strtok(NULL, "."));
+        patch = atoi(strtok(NULL, "."));
         return major * 65536 + minor * 256 + patch;
 }
 #endif                                                 /* BB_INIT */