diff --git a/git-version-gen b/git-version-gen
index 42cf3d2..2a9abb5 100755
--- a/git-version-gen
+++ b/git-version-gen
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ if test -n "$v"
 then
     : # use $v
 elif
-       v=`git describe --abbrev=4 --match='v*' HEAD 2>/dev/null \
-	  || git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null` \
+       v=`git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null \
+	  || git describe --abbrev=4 --match='v*' HEAD 2>/dev/null` \
     && case $v in
 	 [0-9]*) ;;
 	 v[0-9]*) ;;