diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.package b/scripts/Makefile.package
index f952fb64789d..b74c65284fb2 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.package
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.package
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 
 # Remove hyphens since they have special meaning in RPM filenames
 KERNELPATH := kernel-$(subst -,_,$(KERNELRELEASE))
-KDEB_SOURCENAME ?= linux-$(KERNELRELEASE)
+KDEB_SOURCENAME ?= linux-upstream
 KBUILD_PKG_ROOTCMD ?="fakeroot -u"
 export KDEB_SOURCENAME
 # Include only those top-level files that are needed by make, plus the GPL copy