diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.sh b/scripts/checkpatch.sh
index d0eef683..ae108003 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.sh
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.sh
@@ -430,9 +430,9 @@ function check_version()
 			echo "ERROR: ${FILE}: No \"fwver: \" string found in binary"
 			exit 1
 		fi
-		FW_VER=`strings ${FILE} | grep -o 'fwver: v[1-9][.][0-9][0-9]' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
+		FW_VER=`strings ${FILE} | grep -m 1 -o 'fwver: v[1-9][.][0-9][0-9]' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
 		if [ "${NAME_VER}" != "${FW_VER}" ] ; then
-			echo "ERROR: ${FILE}: file version is ${NAME_VER}, but fw version is ${FW_VER}."
+			echo "ERROR: ${FILE}: file version is '${NAME_VER}', but fw version is '${FW_VER}'."
 			exit 1
 		fi
 	done