diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
index 4d403844e13..2c528664fb8 100755
--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
+++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
@@ -55,16 +55,17 @@ scm_version()
 				echo "+"
 				return
 			fi
-			# If we are past a tagged commit (like
-			# "v2.6.30-rc5-302-g72357d5"), we pretty print it.
-			if atag="`git describe 2>/dev/null`"; then
-				echo "$atag" | awk -F- '{printf("-%05d-%s", $(NF-1),$(NF))}'
-
-			# If we don't have a tag at all we print -g{commitish}.
-			else
-				printf '%s%s' -g $head
-			fi
 		fi
+		# If we are past a tagged commit (like
+		# "v2.6.30-rc5-302-g72357d5"), we pretty print it but strip
+		# off the v2.6.30-rc5 part because that's in the Makefile.
+		if atag="`git describe 2>/dev/null`"; then
+			atag="-${atag/v$KERNELVERSION-/}"
+		# If we don't have a tag at all we print -g{commitish}.
+		else
+			atag="-g$head"
+		fi
+		printf '%s' "$atag"
 
 		# Is this git on svn?
 		if git config --get svn-remote.svn.url >/dev/null; then