diff --git a/tools/wltests/test_series b/tools/wltests/test_series
index 4890bddc9c88f6a80a74a556b1f5a767c38b589d..1690998eb133c5131bee48012af8def196259687 100755
--- a/tools/wltests/test_series
+++ b/tools/wltests/test_series
@@ -786,12 +786,20 @@ match_sha1() {
 	COMMIT_SHA1=$1
 
 	c_info "Current kernel: "
-	CURRENT=$($ADB shell 'uname -a')
-	c_info "   $CURRENT"
+	c_info "   $($ADB shell 'uname -a')"
 
-	[[ $CURRENT = *$COMMIT_SHA1* ]] || return $EAGAIN
+	CURRENT=$($ADB shell 'uname -r' | awk -F "-g" '{print $NF}')
+	[[ $COMMIT_SHA1 =~ $CURRENT* ]] && return $OK
 
-	return $OK
+	# It may happen that a tag pointing to a given commit has
+	# a different SHA1 (signed tag), so check if this this is
+        # the case.
+	TAG_NAME=$(git -C $KERNEL_SRC describe --exact-match $COMMIT_SHA1 2>/dev/null) || return $EAGAIN
+	TAG_SHA1=$(git -C $KERNEL_SRC show-ref --hash $TAG_NAME)
+	c_info "   CommitID of local repo corresponds to tag: $TAG_NAME"
+	[[ $TAG_SHA1 =~ $CURRENT* ]] && return $OK
+
+	return $EAGAIN
 }
 
 build_sha1() {