diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/ramspeed/ramspeed_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/ramspeed/ramspeed_git.bb
index 71c2827c51..5e1b59b812 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/ramspeed/ramspeed_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/ramspeed/ramspeed_git.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENCE;md5=92cffec6695a20eab8d0e4770f4e9353"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/cruvolo/ramspeed.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
 SRCREV = "f3a766dc4f89cee97b5283d5c6bdf8b8e3474813"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
+
 do_compile() {
     ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} \
         ramspeed.c intmem.c fltmem.c intmark.c fltmark.c \