1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index fd8fdb91581d..87f1fc9801d7 100755
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 TARGET=$1
 ARCH=$2
@@ -27,12 +28,7 @@ LC_ALL=C
 export LC_ALL
 
 if [ -z "$KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION" ]; then
-        if [ -r .version ]; then
-                VERSION=`cat .version`
-        else
-                VERSION=0
-                echo 0 > .version
-        fi
+        VERSION=$(cat .version 2>/dev/null || echo 1)
 else
         VERSION=$KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION
 fi