diff --git a/gpu-chk b/gpu-chk
index f70a0df..1e34559 100755
--- a/gpu-chk
+++ b/gpu-chk
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class GutConst:
 
         # Check Linux Kernel version
         current_kversion_str = platform.release()
-        current_kversion = tuple([int(x) for x in re.sub('-.*', '', current_kversion_str).split('.')])
+        current_kversion = tuple([int(x) for x in re.sub('[-+].*', '', current_kversion_str).split('.')])
         print('Using Linux Kernel: {}'.format(current_kversion_str))
         if current_kversion < __required_kversion__:
             print('          {} but rickslab-gpu-utils requires {}.{} or newer {}'.format(