diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/scripts/hmi.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/scripts/hmi.sh
index dcdb392e8427..bcc7b6b65009 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/scripts/hmi.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/scripts/hmi.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ trap "ppc64_cpu --smt-snooze-delay=100" 0 1
 
 # for each chip+core combination
 # todo - less fragile parsing
-egrep -o 'OCC: Chip [0-9a-f]+ Core [0-9a-f]' < /sys/firmware/opal/msglog |
+grep -E -o 'OCC: Chip [0-9a-f]+ Core [0-9a-f]' < /sys/firmware/opal/msglog |
 while read chipcore; do
 	chip=$(echo "$chipcore"|awk '{print $3}')
 	core=$(echo "$chipcore"|awk '{print $5}')