diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 6550615607..40a6b5b3ee 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ kernel_do_deploy() {
 	if [ ${MODULE_TARBALL_DEPLOY} = "1" ] && (grep -q -i -e '^CONFIG_MODULES=y$' .config); then
 		mkdir -p ${D}/lib
 		tar -cvzf ${DEPLOYDIR}/${MODULE_TARBALL_BASE_NAME} -C ${D} lib
-		ln -sf ${MODULE_TARBALL_BASE_NAME}.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/${MODULE_TARBALL_SYMLINK_NAME}
+		ln -sf ${MODULE_TARBALL_BASE_NAME} ${DEPLOYDIR}/${MODULE_TARBALL_SYMLINK_NAME}
 	fi
 
 	ln -sf ${KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME}.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME}.bin