diff --git a/scripts/package/mkspec b/scripts/package/mkspec
index d9ab94b17de0bc119a6fbf3958886d1735085fdf..89f9669d4f0070fcaa694814341a7adb48fdc814 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkspec
+++ b/scripts/package/mkspec
@@ -111,10 +111,8 @@ echo 'cp System.map $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/boot/System.map-$KERNELRELEASE"
 echo 'cp .config $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/boot/config-$KERNELRELEASE"
 
 echo "%ifnarch ppc64"
-echo 'cp vmlinux vmlinux.orig'
-echo 'bzip2 -9 vmlinux'
+echo 'bzip2 -9 --keep vmlinux'
 echo 'mv vmlinux.bz2 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/boot/vmlinux-$KERNELRELEASE.bz2"
-echo 'mv vmlinux.orig vmlinux'
 echo "%endif"
 
 if ! $PREBUILT; then