diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/template b/srcpkgs/kernel/template
index fc861151381..e3180e8ca7c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel/template
@@ -215,5 +215,5 @@ do_install() {
 	find ${DESTDIR} -name '*.ko' -exec xz -9 {} \;
 
 	# ... and run depmod again.
-	depmod -b ${DESTDIR} ${_kernver}
+	depmod -b ${DESTDIR}/usr ${_kernver}
 }