diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a96307668..73b6b2b66 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ abiname  := 1
 #
 SHELL    := sh -e
 karch    := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)
-version  := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n 's/^Source: linux-kernel-\(.\+\)$$/\1/p')
+srcver   := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | awk '/^Version:/ {print $$2}')
+version  := $(word 1,$(subst -, ,$(srcver)))
+ltver    := $(word 2,$(subst -, ,$(srcver)))
 major_v  := $(word 1,$(subst ., ,$(version)))
 minor_v  := $(word 2,$(subst ., ,$(version)))
 major    := $(major_v).$(minor_v)
-srcver   := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | awk '/^Version:/ {print $$2}')
-ltver    := $(word 2,$(subst -, ,$(srcver)))
 release  := $(version)-$(ltver)
 uver     := $(subst .,_,$(version))
 #