diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b89725ced..15a86eb95 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ linux (4.8.15-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * debian/control: Fix build-dependency on flex to work with new versions that
     have M-A: foreign
   * debian/rules: Use dpkg-parsechangelog -S option to select fields
+  * debian/rules: Tighten binNMU version matching, consistent with linux-latest
 
  -- Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@debian.org>  Sun, 04 Dec 2016 21:16:06 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index cae2cf64b..486ea6970 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DEB_HOST_ARCH := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)
 SOURCE := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -SSource)
 VERSION := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -SVersion)
 VERSION_UPSTREAM := $(shell echo "$(VERSION)" | sed -e 's,-[^-]*$$,,')
-VERSION_BINNMU := $(shell echo "$(VERSION)" | sed -ne 's,.*+b\(.*\)$$,\1,p')
+VERSION_BINNMU := $(shell echo "$(VERSION)" | sed -rne 's,.*\+b([0-9]+)$$,\1,p')
 
 include debian/rules.defs