diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 92b5e407ae..28135441ca 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ test "$1" && extra="-$1"
 
 svn_revision=`LC_ALL=C svn info 2> /dev/null | grep Revision | cut -d' ' -f2`
 test $svn_revision || svn_revision=`grep revision .svn/entries 2>/dev/null | cut -d '"' -f2`
-test $svn_revision || svn_revision=`sed -n -e '/^dir$/{n;p;q}' .svn/entries 2>/dev/null`
+test $svn_revision || svn_revision=`sed -n -e '/^dir$/{n;p;q;}' .svn/entries 2>/dev/null`
 test $svn_revision || svn_revision=UNKNOWN
 
 NEW_REVISION="#define VERSION \"dev-SVN-r${svn_revision}${extra}\""