diff --git a/tools/build/buildshorewall b/tools/build/buildshorewall
index 2fd8858fe..f3d3206a9 100755
--- a/tools/build/buildshorewall
+++ b/tools/build/buildshorewall
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ case $VERSION in
 	# Patch Release
 	#
 	PATCHRELEASE=Yes
-	[ -n "$BUILDCOMMON" ] && SHOREWALLDIR=shorewall-common-${VERSION} || SHOREWALLDIR=shorewall-common-${VERSION%-*}
+	[ -n "$BUILDCOMMON" ] && SHOREWALLDIR=shorewall-common-${VERSION%-} || SHOREWALLDIR=shorewall-common-${VERSION}
 	SHOREWALLLITEDIR=shorewall-lite-${VERSION%-*}
 	TARBALL=shorewall-common-${VERSION%-*}.tgz
 	LITETARBALL=shorewall-lite-${VERSION%-*}.tgz