1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a4622ef65436..b80cb9097402 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 5
 PATCHLEVEL = 8
-SUBLEVEL = 16
+SUBLEVEL = 18
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Kleptomaniac Octopus
 
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ export KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL
 # Files to ignore in find ... statements
 
 export RCS_FIND_IGNORE := \( -name SCCS -o -name BitKeeper -o -name .svn -o    \
-			  -name CVS -o -name .pc -o -name .hg -o -name .git \) \
+			  -name CVS -o -name .pc -o -name .hg -o -name .git -o -name meta \) \
 			  -prune -o
 export RCS_TAR_IGNORE := --exclude SCCS --exclude BitKeeper --exclude .svn \
 			 --exclude CVS --exclude .pc --exclude .hg --exclude .git