diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index b5f08f7278686c4b66ba9a581b8e70f13f0fed8d..9a38e85c800ede21c25895c45fe1facbd198a43f 100644
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -290,13 +290,13 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 # Build header package
-(cd $srctree; find . -name Makefile\* -o -name Kconfig\* -o -name \*.pl > "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles")
-(cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include include scripts -type f >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles")
-(cd $objtree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include Module.symvers include scripts -type f >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles")
+(cd $srctree; find . -name Makefile\* -o -name Kconfig\* -o -name \*.pl) > "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
+(cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include include scripts -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
+(cd $objtree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include Module.symvers include scripts -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
 destdir=$kernel_headers_dir/usr/src/linux-headers-$version
 mkdir -p "$destdir"
-(cd $srctree; tar -c -f - -T "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles") | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
-(cd $objtree; tar -c -f - -T "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles") | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
+(cd $srctree; tar -c -f - -T -) < "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
+(cd $objtree; tar -c -f - -T -) < "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles" | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
 (cd $objtree; cp $KCONFIG_CONFIG $destdir/.config) # copy .config manually to be where it's expected to be
 ln -sf "/usr/src/linux-headers-$version" "$kernel_headers_dir/lib/modules/$version/build"
 rm -f "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"