diff --git a/common/scripts/lint-conflicts b/common/scripts/lint-conflicts
index 8c7abfd9244..d98cf3b0a01 100755
--- a/common/scripts/lint-conflicts
+++ b/common/scripts/lint-conflicts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ list_interesting_files() {
 	if partial_check; then
 		list_newly_built_files
 	else
-		xlocate / | sed s'/ -> .*//' | grep -F -f <(xlocate / | cut -f 2- | sed s'/ -> .*//' | sort | uniq -d)
+		xlocate / | sed s'/ -> .*//' | grep -F -f <(xlocate / | sed 's/[^[:space:]]*[[:space:]]*//' | sed s'/ -> .*//' | sort | uniq -d)
 	fi
 }