diff --git a/tools/ci/check_examples_rom_header.sh b/tools/ci/check_examples_rom_header.sh
index 131723e0db..cf2cad9229 100755
--- a/tools/ci/check_examples_rom_header.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/check_examples_rom_header.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Examples shouldn't include rom headers directly
 
 output=$(find ${IDF_PATH}/examples -name "*.[chS]" -o -name "*.cpp" -not -path "**/build/**")
-files=$(grep ".*include.*rom.*h" ${output} | cut -d ":" -f 1)
+files=$(egrep ".*include.*\<rom\>.*h" ${output} | cut -d ":" -f 1)
 found_rom=0
 for file in ${files}
 do