diff --git a/tools/misc/xen-clone b/tools/misc/xen-clone
index 641683874e..e434303688 100755
--- a/tools/misc/xen-clone
+++ b/tools/misc/xen-clone
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ if [ -d ${DEST_BK_REP}/linux-*-xen-sparse ]
 then
  # this is a new style Xen repository so building is dead easy
 
- LINUX_VER=`( /bin/ls -ld ${DEST_BK_REP}/*linux-*-xen-sparse ) 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's!^.*linux-\(.\+\)-xen-sparse!\1!'`
+ LINUX_VER=`( /bin/ls -ld ${DEST_BK_REP}/*linux-2.4.*-xen-sparse ) 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's!^.*linux-\(.\+\)-xen-sparse!\1!'`
 
  if [ -e ${LINUX_DIR}/linux-${LINUX_VER}.tar.gz ] 
  then