diff -u qemu-kvm-0.12.3+noroms/debian/qemu-kvm.upstart qemu-kvm-0.12.3+noroms/debian/qemu-kvm.upstart
--- qemu-kvm-0.12.3+noroms/debian/qemu-kvm.upstart
+++ qemu-kvm-0.12.3+noroms/debian/qemu-kvm.upstart
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 start on runlevel [2345]
 
 pre-start script
+	# Silently exit if the package isn't installed anymore
+	if [ ! -e /usr/bin/kvm ]; then
+		exit 0
+	fi
 	# Load the appropriate module, respecting blacklists
 	if grep -qs "^flags.* vmx" /proc/cpuinfo; then
 		modprobe -b kvm_intel
diff -u qemu-kvm-0.12.3+noroms/debian/changelog qemu-kvm-0.12.3+noroms/debian/changelog
--- qemu-kvm-0.12.3+noroms/debian/changelog
+++ qemu-kvm-0.12.3+noroms/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+qemu-kvm (0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu10) maverick; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/qemu-kvm.upstart: don't load the kernel modules if the package
+    has been removed but the upstart jobs still exists. (LP: #292588)
+
+ -- Felix Geyer <debfx-pkg@fobos.de>  Wed, 12 May 2010 16:04:48 +0200
+
 qemu-kvm (0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9) lucid; urgency=low
 
   * Architecture-specific fixes (LP: #568904)