1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index c334186b8..235706fd5 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -629,8 +629,9 @@ int modprobe_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 config_close(parser);
 
                 parser = config_open2("modules.builtin", fopen_for_read);
+                /* this file contains lines like "kernel/fs/binfmt_script.ko" */
                 while (config_read(parser, &s, 1, 1, "# \t", PARSE_NORMAL))
-                        get_or_add_modentry(s)->flags |= MODULE_FLAG_BUILTIN;
+                        get_or_add_modentry(bb_basename(s))->flags |= MODULE_FLAG_BUILTIN;
                 config_close(parser);
         }