1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh
index 2750018e2b..ef7ce57e7e 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ get_image() {
 }
 
 get_magic_word() {
-	get_image "$1" | dd bs=2 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C | awk '$2 { print $2 $3 }'
+	get_image "$1" | dd bs=2 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -n 2 -e '1/1 "%02x"'
 }
 
 refresh_mtd_partitions() {