diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index a569be72f3b2..a512af1514bd 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ $P =~ s@.*/@@g;
 
 my $V = '0.1';
 
-if ($#ARGV < 7) {
+if ($#ARGV != 10) {
 	print "usage: $P arch bits objdump objcopy cc ld nm rm mv is_module inputfile\n";
 	print "version: $V\n";
 	exit(1);