diff --git a/base/linux26/linux-conf.in b/base/linux26/linux-conf.in
index 1f681260c..f45aa31c9 100644
--- a/base/linux26/linux-conf.in
+++ b/base/linux26/linux-conf.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../linux26/linux-conf.in
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2010 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -306,5 +306,8 @@ pkg_linux_brokenfiles="$base/architecture/$arch/kernel$treever-disable.lst \
 	$base/package/*/linux$treever/disable-broken.lst \
 	$pkg_linux_brokenfiles"
 
-# removing lib/firmware from file list because it belongs to the fhs package
-var_append flistdel "|" "lib/firmware"
+# if the fhs package is enabled, remove 'lib/firmware' from file list because
+# then this directory belongs to the fhs package
+if pkginstalled fhs; then
+	var_append flistdel "|" "lib/firmware"
+fi