diff --git a/kpatch-build/kpatch-cc b/kpatch-build/kpatch-cc
index 5474a13..6f0063e 100755
--- a/kpatch-build/kpatch-cc
+++ b/kpatch-build/kpatch-cc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if [[ "$TOOLCHAINCMD" =~ ^(.*-)?gcc$ || "$TOOLCHAINCMD" =~ ^(.*-)?clang$ ]] ; th
 			[[ "$obj" = */.tmp_mc_*.o ]] && break;
 
 			[[ "$obj" = */.tmp_*.o ]] && obj="${obj/.tmp_/}"
-			relobj=${obj//$KPATCH_GCC_SRCDIR\//}
+			relobj=${obj##$KPATCH_GCC_SRCDIR/}
 			case "$relobj" in
 				*.mod.o|\
 				*built-in.o|\