diff --git a/Pmodules/modbuild b/Pmodules/modbuild
index f0eb0b8..f261a2b 100755
--- a/Pmodules/modbuild
+++ b/Pmodules/modbuild
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ initialize_module_vars() {
 	case "${V_PKG}" in
 		*.*.* )
 			V_MAJOR="${V_PKG%%.*}"
-			tmp="${V_PKG%%.*#*.}"
+			tmp="${V_PKG#*.}"
 			V_MINOR="${tmp%%.*}"
 			V_PATCHLVL="${tmp#*.}"
 			;;