diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index f574c4b..be6ceeb 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ package_linux() {
   find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${_basekernel}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
+  # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade
+  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/extramodules-${_basekernel}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}"
+  echo "${_kernver}" > "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/extramodules-${_basekernel}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}/version"
 }
 
 package_linux-headers() {
@@ -256,10 +259,6 @@ package_linux-headers() {
 
   # remove unneeded architectures
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}"/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/{alpha,arm,arm26,avr32,blackfin,cris,frv,h8300,ia64,m32r,m68k,m68knommu,mips,microblaze,mn10300,parisc,powerpc,ppc,s390,sh,sh64,sparc,sparc64,um,v850,xtensa}
-
-  # add real version for building the kernel
-  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/extramodules-${_basekernel}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}"
-  echo "${_kernver}" > "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/extramodules-${_basekernel}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}/version"
 }
 
 package_linux-docs() {