diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 252fecebf..dc0f83c82 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+linux-tools (4.3.1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/rules: Fix check for binNMU, broken since 4.1.4-1
+
+ -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 03:47:10 +0000
+
 linux-tools (4.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream stable update
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index dad5e2ed7..36a278d58 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
 SHELL    := sh -e
-VERSION_DEBIAN_BINNMU := $(shell echo "$(DEB_VERSION)" | sed -ne 's,.*\+b\(.*\)$$,\1,p')
 
 include debian/rules.defs
 
+VERSION_DEBIAN_BINNMU := $(shell echo "$(DEB_VERSION)" | sed -ne 's,.*\+b\(.*\)$$,\1,p')
+
 MAKEFLAGS += $(subst parallel=,-j,$(filter parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 
 build: build-arch build-indep