diff --git a/rpi-update b/rpi-update
index 659e9a2..4c69d46 100755
--- a/rpi-update
+++ b/rpi-update
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ function update_modules {
 	if [[ ${SKIP_KERNEL} -eq 0 ]]; then
 		echo " *** Updating kernel modules"
 		find "${FW_REPOLOCAL}/modules" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read DIR; do
-			rm -rf ${FW_MODPATH}/$(basename "${DIR}")
+			BASEDIR=$(basename "${DIR}")
+			rm -rf "${FW_MODPATH}/${BASEDIR}/kernel"
 		done
 		cp -R "${FW_REPOLOCAL}/modules/"* "${FW_MODPATH}/"
 		find "${FW_REPOLOCAL}/modules" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read DIR; do