diff --git a/scripts/check-kernel-commit b/scripts/check-kernel-commit
index b2115ba..ef6ed96 100755
--- a/scripts/check-kernel-commit
+++ b/scripts/check-kernel-commit
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ check_branch()
     missing=""
 
     for term in $KBC_CHECK_TERMS ; do
-        git grep -i "$(term2regex $term)" "remotes/origin/$branch" >/dev/null 2>&1
+        git grep -qi "$(term2regex $term)" "remotes/origin/$branch" -- 'patches.*' 2>/dev/null
         if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
             found="$found $term"
         else