diff --git a/BrandingPolicyCheck.py b/BrandingPolicyCheck.py
index 829b9f4..a35507d 100644
--- a/BrandingPolicyCheck.py
+++ b/BrandingPolicyCheck.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class BrandingPolicyCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCheck):
 
         for r in pkg.requires():
             if r[0].find('-theme-') >= 0 or r[0].find('-branding-') >= 0:
-                if (r[1] != rpm.RPMSENSE_EQUAL or not r[2].startswith('1')):
+                if (r[1] != rpm.RPMSENSE_EQUAL or not r[2][1].startswith('1')):
                     printError(pkg, 'suse-branding-unversioned-requires', r[0])
 
 
diff --git a/rpmlint.changes b/rpmlint.changes
index 8a083e3..f8ccd40 100644
--- a/rpmlint.changes
+++ b/rpmlint.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 11 08:55:56 CET 2010 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- fix another exception in branding policy check (bnc#652628)
+
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 Thu Nov  4 14:20:41 UTC 2010 - lnussel@suse.de