diff --git a/meta-fp5280g2/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-config.bbappend b/meta-fp5280g2/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-config.bbappend
index 3256e83..0eaffff 100644
--- a/meta-fp5280g2/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-config.bbappend
+++ b/meta-fp5280g2/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-config.bbappend
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
     # count from the commit version
     count = re.findall("-(\d{1,4})-", version_id)
 
+    if not count:
+        return
+
     release = re.findall("-r(\d{1,4})", version_id)
     if release:
         auxVer = count[0] + "{0:0>4}".format(release[0])