diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index 0cd46e129920..b967e4f9fed2 100755
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ esac
 BUILD_DEBUG="$(grep -s '^CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y' $KCONFIG_CONFIG || true)"
 
 # Setup the directory structure
-rm -rf "$tmpdir" "$fwdir" "$kernel_headers_dir" "$libc_headers_dir" "$dbg_dir"
+rm -rf "$tmpdir" "$fwdir" "$kernel_headers_dir" "$libc_headers_dir" "$dbg_dir" $objtree/debian/files
 mkdir -m 755 -p "$tmpdir/DEBIAN"
 mkdir -p "$tmpdir/lib" "$tmpdir/boot"
 mkdir -p "$fwdir/lib/firmware/$version/"
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ binary-arch:
 	\$(MAKE) KDEB_SOURCENAME=${sourcename} KDEB_PKGVERSION=${packageversion} bindeb-pkg
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf debian/*tmp
+	rm -rf debian/*tmp debian/files
 	mv debian/ debian.backup # debian/ might be cleaned away
 	\$(MAKE) clean
 	mv debian.backup debian