diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernelsrc.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernelsrc.bbclass
index ecb02dc9edc..93361842989 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernelsrc.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernelsrc.bbclass
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ LOCAL_VERSION = "${@get_kernellocalversion_file("${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}")}"
 
 inherit linux-kernel-base
 
+# The final packages get the kernel version instead of the default 1.0
+python do_package:prepend() {
+    d.setVar('PKGV', d.getVar("KERNEL_VERSION").split("-")[0])
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index 157aca4d791..4f29bd5bbc3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -385,10 +385,6 @@ do_configure:prepend () {
     done
 }
 
-python do_package:prepend() {
-    d.setVar('PKGV', d.getVar("KERNEL_VERSION").split("-")[0])
-}
-
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-archive ${PN}-tests ${PN}-perl ${PN}-python"