diff --git a/buildscripts/check-diff.sh b/buildscripts/check-diff.sh
index bf54916..fd4e4e0 100755
--- a/buildscripts/check-diff.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/check-diff.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ set -e
 TEST_NAME=$1
 
 
-if [[ `git diff --shortstat | wc -l` != 0 ]]; then 
+if [[ `git diff --shortstat | wc -l | tr -d ' '` != 0 ]]; then 
   echo "Some files got changed after $1";printf "\n";git --no-pager diff;printf "\n"; exit 1;
 fi