diff --git a/scripts/package/deb-build-option b/scripts/package/deb-build-option
index b079b0d121d47359d447a83d87822072d619da28..bd53624318f20a9d1ea79728c71180ad2db0c063 100755
--- a/scripts/package/deb-build-option
+++ b/scripts/package/deb-build-option
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ if [ -z "${CROSS_COMPILE}${cross_compiling}" -a "${DEB_HOST_ARCH}" != "${DEB_BUI
 fi
 
 version=$(dpkg-parsechangelog -S Version)
-version_upstream="${version%-*}"
-debian_revision="${version#${version_upstream}}"
-debian_revision="${debian_revision#*-}"
+debian_revision="${version##*-}"
 
-echo KERNELRELEASE=${version_upstream}
-echo KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION=${debian_revision}
+if [ "${version}" != "${debian_revision}" ]; then
+	echo KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION=${debian_revision}
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
index c6fbfb9f74ba15e26ab734b587773f670a5dc17d..31b050368cd07c3080b0d8cc8411673fab2c613d 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
+++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ KERNELRELEASE = ${KERNELRELEASE}
 build-indep:
 build-arch:
 	\$(MAKE) -f \$(srctree)/Makefile ARCH=${ARCH} \
+	KERNELRELEASE=\$(KERNELRELEASE) \
 	\$(shell \$(srctree)/scripts/package/deb-build-option) \
 	olddefconfig all