diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 709a938c993f1a0843183859139a60386f27a378..a16c3a28d405cb92460d14807e26fdd6964cf1bd 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ package() {
   cd linux
   # get real compiled kernel version
   kernrel=$(make kernelrelease)
-  pkgdesc="$pkgdesc, version $kernrel"
+  pkgdesc+=", version $kernrel"
   pkgname="linux-$kernrel"
   pkgver=$(make kernelversion|tr '-' '_')
   provides=("linux=$pkgver" "linux-headers=$pkgver")