CONFIG_SHELL="$(BASH)" \
$(if $(findstring c,$(OPENWRT_VERBOSE)),V=1,V='') \
$(if $(PKG_BUILD_ID),LDFLAGS_MODULE=--build-id=0x$(PKG_BUILD_ID)) \
- KERNELRELEASE=$(LINUX_VERSION) \
cmd_syscalls=
+
+ifeq ($(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TREE))$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GIT_CLONE_URI)),)
+ KERNEL_MAKEOPTS += \
+ KERNELRELEASE=$(LINUX_VERSION)
+endif
+
ifdef CONFIG_STRIP_KERNEL_EXPORTS
KERNEL_MAKEOPTS += \
EXTRA_LDSFLAGS="-I$(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR) -include symtab.h"