diff --git a/tools/memory-model/scripts/judgelitmus.sh b/tools/memory-model/scripts/judgelitmus.sh
index 2700481d20f0..1ec5d89fcfbb 100755
--- a/tools/memory-model/scripts/judgelitmus.sh
+++ b/tools/memory-model/scripts/judgelitmus.sh
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ if grep -q '^Flag data-race$' "$LKMM_DESTDIR/$litmusout"
 then
 	datarace_modeled=1
 fi
-if grep -q '^ \* Result: ' $litmus
+if grep -q '^[( ]\* Result: ' $litmus
 then
-	outcome=`grep -m 1 '^ \* Result: ' $litmus | awk '{ print $3 }'`
-	if grep -m1 '^ \* Result: .* DATARACE' $litmus
+	outcome=`grep -m 1 '^[( ]\* Result: ' $litmus | awk '{ print $3 }'`
+	if grep -m1 '^[( ]\* Result: .* DATARACE' $litmus
 	then
 		datarace_predicted=1
 	fi