diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kernel.yml b/.github/workflows/build-kernel.yml
index 07fddad7bd2f0..f65bd90fff2d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kernel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kernel.yml
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ jobs:
               # pkg-builder:noble is Ubuntu 24.04 which uses DEB822 format.
               sed -i "s/^Types: deb$/Types: deb deb-src/" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources
               apt-get update -qq
-              apt-get build-dep -y linux
 
               cd kernel-src/
               echo "debian/debian.env: $(cat debian/debian.env 2>/dev/null || echo NOT FOUND)"
@@ -381,6 +380,10 @@ jobs:
                 echo "Safety net: created debian/changelog → debian.master/changelog"
               fi
 
+              # Resolve against the local debian/control just generated by "clean".
+              echo "=== Installing build dependencies from debian/control ==="
+              apt-get build-dep -y ./
+
               echo "=== Starting: fakeroot debian/rules ${TARGET} (jobs=${JOBS}) ==="
               export DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=${JOBS} nocheck"
               # do_skip_checks=true skips the config policy check that requires