diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 730dbd91..ca70949d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ endif
 OPENSBI_LD_PIE := $(shell $(CC) $(CLANG_TARGET) $(RELAX_FLAG) $(USE_LD_FLAG) -fPIE -nostdlib -Wl,-pie -x c /dev/null -o /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo y || echo n)
 
 # Check whether the compiler supports -m(no-)save-restore
-CC_SUPPORT_SAVE_RESTORE := $(shell $(CC) $(CLANG_TARGET) $(RELAX_FLAG) -nostdlib -mno-save-restore -x c /dev/null -o /dev/null 2>&1 | grep "\-save\-restore" >/dev/null && echo n || echo y)
+CC_SUPPORT_SAVE_RESTORE := $(shell $(CC) $(CLANG_TARGET) $(RELAX_FLAG) -nostdlib -mno-save-restore -x c /dev/null -o /dev/null 2>&1 | grep -e "-save-restore" >/dev/null && echo n || echo y)
 
 # Check whether the assembler and the compiler support the Zicsr and Zifencei extensions
 CC_SUPPORT_ZICSR_ZIFENCEI := $(shell $(CC) $(CLANG_TARGET) $(RELAX_FLAG) -nostdlib -march=rv$(OPENSBI_CC_XLEN)imafd_zicsr_zifencei -x c /dev/null -o /dev/null 2>&1 | grep "zicsr\|zifencei" > /dev/null && echo n || echo y)