1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
index 2e56cd3050..13612d64c4 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ def get_staging_kver(srcdir):
 def get_staging_kbranch(srcdir):
     staging_kbranch = ""
     if os.path.exists(srcdir) and os.listdir(srcdir):
-        (branch, _) = bb.process.run('git branch | grep \* | cut -d \' \' -f2', cwd=srcdir)
+        (branch, _) = bb.process.run('git branch | grep \\* | cut -d \' \' -f2', cwd=srcdir)
         staging_kbranch = "".join(branch.split('\n')[0])
     return staging_kbranch