diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index ddf83d0181e73d30fb86f68c0fa0a3f888335c0c..e64ad0dbff5b11186b78224eac598afc92ee6373 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ obj-dirs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-dirs))
 # Note: Files that end up in two or more modules are compiled without the
 #       KBUILD_MODNAME definition. The reason is that any made-up name would
 #       differ in different configs.
-name-fix = $(subst $(comma),_,$(subst -,_,$1))
-basename_flags = -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR($(call name-fix,$(basetarget)))"
+name-fix = $(squote)$(quote)$(subst $(comma),_,$(subst -,_,$1))$(quote)$(squote)
+basename_flags = -DKBUILD_BASENAME=$(call name-fix,$(basetarget))
 modname_flags  = $(if $(filter 1,$(words $(modname))),\
-                 -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR($(call name-fix,$(modname)))")
+                 -DKBUILD_MODNAME=$(call name-fix,$(modname)))
 
 orig_c_flags   = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(KBUILD_SUBDIR_CCFLAGS) \
                  $(ccflags-y) $(CFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ endif
 
 c_flags        = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
 		 $(__c_flags) $(modkern_cflags)                           \
-		 -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=\#s" $(basename_flags) $(modname_flags)
+		 $(basename_flags) $(modname_flags)
 
 a_flags        = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
 		 $(__a_flags) $(modkern_aflags)