diff --git a/modprobe.mptctl b/modprobe.mptctl
deleted file mode 100644
index 923ef38..0000000
--- a/modprobe.mptctl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Autoload mptctl
-install mptbase /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install mptbase && /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install mptctl
-remove mptbase /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove mptctl; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove mptbase
diff --git a/mpt-firmware.changes b/mpt-firmware.changes
index f949d29..78fe4f1 100644
--- a/mpt-firmware.changes
+++ b/mpt-firmware.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  3 15:04:10 CET 2008 - hare@suse.de
+
+- Move to use udev rules to avoid mkinitrd breakage
+  (bnc#449123)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 20 11:00:16 CET 2008 - hare@suse.de
 
diff --git a/mpt-firmware.spec b/mpt-firmware.spec
index 8852419..66beaf3 100644
--- a/mpt-firmware.spec
+++ b/mpt-firmware.spec
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 Name:           mpt-firmware
 Summary:        Configuration files for autoloading mptctl at boot time
 Version:        1.0
-Release:        234
+Release:        235
 License:        GPL v2 or later
 Group:          Hardware/Other
 Requires:       module-init-tools
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-Source0:        modprobe.mptctl
+Source0:        mptctl.rules
 Source3:        update-pci-id-list.sh
 # Module: mptspi.ko
 Supplements:    modalias(pci:v00001000d00000030sv*sd*bc*sc*i*)
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ Supplements:    modalias(pci:v00001000d00000062sv*sd*bc*sc*i*)
 # There is nothing to build
 
 %install
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/modprobe.d
-cp %{S:0} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/modprobe.d/mptctl
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/udev/rules.d
+cp %{S:0} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/udev/rules.d/81-mptctl.rules
 
 %description
 This package contains modprobe configuration files to autoload the
@@ -83,10 +83,13 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%dir /etc/modprobe.d
-%config /etc/modprobe.d/*
+%dir /etc/udev/rules.d
+%config /etc/udev/rules.d/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 03 2008 hare@suse.de
+- Move to use udev rules to avoid mkinitrd breakage
+  (bnc#449123)
 * Thu Nov 20 2008 hare@suse.de
 - Update to use modprobe files (bnc#444815)
 - Update modalias definitions.
diff --git a/mptctl.rules b/mptctl.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..826c46a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mptctl.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Autoload mptctl module
+ACTION!="add", GOTO="mptctl_end"
+
+SUBSYSTEM=="pci", DRIVER=="mpt*", ENV{MODALIAS}=="?*", RUN{ignore_error}+="/sbin/modprobe mptctl"
+
+LABEL="mptctl_end"