diff --git a/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec b/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
index 7c5620d25..2b0a717c5 100644
--- a/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
+++ b/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 %global snap %{?snapshot_dot}%{?git_sha_dot}
 
-%global real_version_major %(printf '%s' '%{real_version}' | sed -n 's/^\\([1-9][0-9]*\\.[1-9][0-9]*\\)\\.[1-9][0-9]*$/\\1/p')
+%global real_version_major %(printf '%s' '%{real_version}' | sed -n 's/^\\([1-9][0-9]*\\.[0-9][0-9]*\\)\\.[0-9][0-9]*$/\\1/p')
 
 %global systemd_units NetworkManager.service NetworkManager-wait-online.service NetworkManager-dispatcher.service