diff --git a/mk/spdk.common.mk b/mk/spdk.common.mk
index 011fcd189..efdcc0e93 100644
--- a/mk/spdk.common.mk
+++ b/mk/spdk.common.mk
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ SO_SUFFIX_ALL := $(SO_VER).$(SO_MINOR)
 # Provide function to ease build of a shared lib
 define spdk_build_realname_shared_lib
 	$(CC) -o $@ -shared $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) \
-	    -Wl,--soname,$(patsubst %.so.$(SO_SUFFIX_ALL),%.so.$(SO_VER),$(notdir $@)) \
+	    -Wl,--soname,$(patsubst %.so.$(SO_SUFFIX_ALL),%.so.$(SO_SUFFIX_ALL),$(notdir $@)) \
 	    -Wl,--whole-archive $(1) -Wl,--no-whole-archive \
 	    -Wl,--version-script=$(2) \
 	    $(3)