diff --git a/redhat/kernel.spec.template b/redhat/kernel.spec.template
index 81bae2f9619d..9ec83066f293 100755
--- a/redhat/kernel.spec.template
+++ b/redhat/kernel.spec.template
@@ -2720,6 +2720,7 @@ popd
 if [ -f $DevelDir/vmlinux.h ]; then
   RPM_VMLINUX_H=$DevelDir/vmlinux.h
 fi
+echo "${RPM_VMLINUX_H}" > ../vmlinux_h_path
 
 %if %{with_bpftool}
 %global bpftool_make \
@@ -2876,6 +2877,9 @@ find Documentation -type d | xargs chmod u+w
 
 cd linux-%{KVERREL}
 
+# re-define RPM_VMLINUX_H, because it doesn't carry over from %build
+RPM_VMLINUX_H="$(cat ../vmlinux_h_path)"
+
 %if %{with_doc}
 docdir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/doc/kernel-doc-%{specversion}-%{pkgrelease}