diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 9223123b1e1b..77056c305ae5 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ _WANT_LINKER_FREEBSD_VERSION!= \
 WANT_LINKER_FREEBSD_VERSION=${_WANT_LINKER_FREEBSD_VERSION:C/.*-(.*)/\1/}
 WANT_LINKER_VERSION_FILE= lib/clang/include/lld/Common/Version.inc
 WANT_LINKER_VERSION!= \
-	awk '$$2 == "LLD_VERSION" {split($$3, a, "."); print a[1] * 10000 + a[2] * 100 + a[3]}' \
+	awk '$$2 == "LLD_VERSION_STRING" { gsub("\"", "", $$3); split($$3, a, "."); print a[1] * 10000 + a[2] * 100 + a[3]}' \
 	${SRCDIR}/${WANT_LINKER_VERSION_FILE} || echo unknown
 .else
 WANT_LINKER_FREEBSD_VERSION_FILE=