diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-012-executable-bit b/util/lint/lint-stable-012-executable-bit
index 5e12c956ca..e7ff3cb64b 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-012-executable-bit
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-012-executable-bit
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 # DESCR: Check that source files are not executable
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
-find src -type f -a \( -perm -100 -o -perm -010 -o -perm -001 \)  -a \! -name '*.sh'| \
+git ls-tree --full-tree -r HEAD src |grep "^100[7531][7531][7531] blob " |cut -f2- |grep -v "\.sh$" | \
 	sed -e "s,^.*$,File & has one or more executable bits set in the file permissions.,"