diff --git a/bin/run-example b/bin/run-example
index 3d932509426f..52e8fef2cdd3 100755
--- a/bin/run-example
+++ b/bin/run-example
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ fi
 
 if [ -f "$FWDIR/RELEASE" ]; then
   export SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR="`ls "$FWDIR"/lib/spark-examples-*hadoop*.jar`"
-elif [ -e "$EXAMPLES_DIR"/target/scala-$SPARK_SCALA_VERSION/spark-examples-*hadoop*.jar ]; then
-  export SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR="`ls "$EXAMPLES_DIR"/target/scala-$SPARK_SCALA_VERSION/spark-examples-*hadoop*.jar`"
+elif [ -e "$EXAMPLES_DIR"/target/scala-$SPARK_SCALA_VERSION/spark-examples*hadoop*.jar ]; then
+  export SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR="`ls "$EXAMPLES_DIR"/target/scala-$SPARK_SCALA_VERSION/spark-examples*hadoop*.jar`"
 fi
 
 if [[ -z "$SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR" ]]; then