diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8ca49cc8b..387ad3d84 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
 #
 # Required variables.  See README for a description of all the variables.
 # 
-version  := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n 's/^Source: linux-kernel-\(.\+\)$$/\1/p')
-major_v  := $(wordlist 1,1,$(subst ., ,$(version)))
-minor_v  := $(wordlist 2,2,$(subst ., ,$(version)))
 abiname  := 1
-ltver    := 1
 #
 # Generally nothing needs to be modified below this line
 #
 SHELL    := sh -e
 karch    := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)
+version  := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n 's/^Source: linux-kernel-\(.\+\)$$/\1/p')
+major_v  := $(wordlist 1,1,$(subst ., ,$(version)))
+minor_v  := $(wordlist 2,2,$(subst ., ,$(version)))
 major    := $(major_v).$(minor_v)
 srcver   := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | awk '/^Version:/ {print $$2}')
 ltver    := $(word 2,$(subst -, ,$(srcver)))