diff --git a/package/base/udev/config.in b/package/base/udev/config.in
index b3ac63ed7..1c6b1b209 100644
--- a/package/base/udev/config.in
+++ b/package/base/udev/config.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 if pkgcheck udev X ; then
-	if ! pkgcheck linux26 X ; then
+	if ! pkgcheck linux=linux26 X ; then
 		comment '--- udev disabled because no 2.6 kernel will be built' ;
 		pkgremove udev ;
 	elif ! pkgcheck hotplug X ; then