diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile
index 1d27f0a1abd1..639e74857968 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/%: $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR)/%.b64
 
 $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/v4l2.xml: $(OBJIMGFILES)
 	@$($(quiet)gen_xml)
-	@(ln -sf $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR)/v4l/*xml $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/)
-	@(ln -sf $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR)/dvb/*xml $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/)
+	@(ln -sf `cd $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR) && /bin/pwd`/v4l/*xml $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/)
+	@(ln -sf `cd $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR) && /bin/pwd`/dvb/*xml $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/)
 
 $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/videodev2.h.xml: $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/v4l2.xml
 	@$($(quiet)gen_xml)
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index d567a7cc552b..c600e2f44a62 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
 	      obvious reason.
 
     dtc
-	Create flattend device tree blob object suitable for linking
+	Create flattened device tree blob object suitable for linking
 	into vmlinux. Device tree blobs linked into vmlinux are placed
 	in an init section in the image. Platform code *must* copy the
 	blob to non-init memory prior to calling unflatten_device_tree().
diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index b5f08f727868..35d5a5877d04 100644
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -289,14 +289,16 @@ EOF
 
 fi
 
-# Build header package
-(cd $srctree; find . -name Makefile\* -o -name Kconfig\* -o -name \*.pl > "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles")
-(cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include include scripts -type f >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles")
-(cd $objtree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include Module.symvers include scripts -type f >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles")
+# Build kernel header package
+(cd $srctree; find . -name Makefile\* -o -name Kconfig\* -o -name \*.pl) > "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
+(cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include include scripts -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
+(cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH -name module.lds -o -name Kbuild.platforms -o -name Platform) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
+(cd $srctree; find $(find arch/$SRCARCH -name include -o -name scripts -type d) -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
+(cd $objtree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include Module.symvers include scripts -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
 destdir=$kernel_headers_dir/usr/src/linux-headers-$version
 mkdir -p "$destdir"
-(cd $srctree; tar -c -f - -T "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles") | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
-(cd $objtree; tar -c -f - -T "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles") | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
+(cd $srctree; tar -c -f - -T -) < "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
+(cd $objtree; tar -c -f - -T -) < "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles" | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
 (cd $objtree; cp $KCONFIG_CONFIG $destdir/.config) # copy .config manually to be where it's expected to be
 ln -sf "/usr/src/linux-headers-$version" "$kernel_headers_dir/lib/modules/$version/build"
 rm -f "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
diff --git a/scripts/package/buildtar b/scripts/package/buildtar
index 995c1eafaff6..e046bff33589 100644
--- a/scripts/package/buildtar
+++ b/scripts/package/buildtar
@@ -125,12 +125,11 @@ esac
 # Create the tarball
 #
 (
-	cd "${tmpdir}"
 	opts=
 	if tar --owner=root --group=root --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		opts="--owner=root --group=root"
 	fi
-	tar cf - boot/* lib/* $opts | ${compress} > "${tarball}${file_ext}"
+	tar cf - -C "$tmpdir" boot/ lib/ $opts | ${compress} > "${tarball}${file_ext}"
 )
 
 echo "Tarball successfully created in ${tarball}${file_ext}"