diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a2d0c5a62..7438b91a6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ fi
 
 #check nasm only on x86
 if [[ $arch == x86_64* ]]; then
-	ver=$(nasm -v 2> /dev/null | awk '{print $3}')
+	ver=$(nasm -v 2> /dev/null | awk '{print $3}' | awk -Fr '{print $1}')
 	if lt "$ver" 2.14; then
 		# ISA-L, compression & crypto require NASM version 2.14 or newer.
 		CONFIG[ISAL]=n