diff --git a/tools/check/check-lint.sh b/tools/check/check-lint.sh
index dd6f80c426..e6dad4256f 100755
--- a/tools/check/check-lint.sh
+++ b/tools/check/check-lint.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # check for io/ioutil
-GREP_IOUTIL=`find -name "*.go" | xargs grep -ns "io\/ioutil"`
+GREP_IOUTIL=`find . -name "*.go" | xargs grep -ns "io\/ioutil"`
 
 if [[ ! -z $GREP_IOUTIL ]]; then
     echo $GREP_IOUTIL