diff --git a/network/r8168/r8168.SlackBuild b/network/r8168/r8168.SlackBuild
index 37e8d674fc..59274c56fb 100644
--- a/network/r8168/r8168.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/r8168/r8168.SlackBuild
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
+KERNEL="${KERNEL:-"$(uname -r)"}"
+PKGVER="$(printf %s "${VERSION}_$KERNEL" | tr - _)"
+
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
     i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ fi
 # the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
 # could be useful to other scripts.
 if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
-  echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
+  echo "$PRGNAM-$PKGVER-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
   exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -79,9 +82,6 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-KERNEL="${KERNEL:-"$(uname -r)"}"
-PKGVER="$(printf %s "${VERSION}_$KERNEL" | tr - _)"
-
 (
   unset ARCH
   cd /lib/modules/$KERNEL/build