diff --git a/scripts/check-kernel-commit b/scripts/check-kernel-commit
index 57b5642..9274a50 100755
--- a/scripts/check-kernel-commit
+++ b/scripts/check-kernel-commit
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ term2regex()
 check_branch()
 {
     verbose=0
-    if [ $1 == "-v" ] ; then
+    if [ "$1" = "-v" ] ; then
         verbose=1
         shift
     fi