diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f016d8654..244243b3b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.31-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     name of the config variable changed).
   * Add OpenRD-Client support again.
   * mips: fix build of vmlinux.lds (Closes: #552422).
+  
+  [ Ben Hutchings ]
+  * postinst: Accept absolute paths in modules.dep generated by the
+    lenny version of module-init-tools (Closes: #552610)
 
  -- Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:18:29 +0800
 
diff --git a/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/postinst b/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/postinst
index 5e827de4e..d06e08908 100755
--- a/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/postinst
+++ b/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/postinst
@@ -806,8 +806,10 @@ if ( -d "$modules_base/$version" ) {
 	my $module_path = $module_paths{$module};
 	if (defined($module_path)) {
 	  my $first = 1;
-	  open(MODINFO,
-	       "modinfo -F firmware '$modules_base/$version/$module_path' |");
+	  if ($module_path !~ m|^/|) {
+	    $module_path = "$modules_base/$version/$module_path";
+	  }
+	  open(MODINFO, "modinfo -F firmware '$module_path' |");
 	  while (<MODINFO>) {
 	    chomp;
 	    my $firmware = $_;