diff --git a/tools/objtool/Makefile b/tools/objtool/Makefile
index f094f3c4ed84001557503f6cdd8ed33065c86611..9a3110cac6040e41250e1d87b533494b7acd3b57 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/objtool/Makefile
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
 $(OBJTOOL_IN): fixdep FORCE
 	@$(MAKE) $(build)=objtool
 
+# Busybox's diff doesn't have -I, avoid warning in that case
+#
 $(OBJTOOL): $(LIBSUBCMD) $(OBJTOOL_IN)
-	@(test -d ../../kernel -a -d ../../tools -a -d ../objtool && (( \
+	@(diff -I 2>&1 | grep -q 'option requires an argument' && \
+	test -d ../../kernel -a -d ../../tools -a -d ../objtool && (( \
 	diff -I'^#include' arch/x86/insn/insn.c ../../arch/x86/lib/insn.c >/dev/null && \
 	diff -I'^#include' arch/x86/insn/inat.c ../../arch/x86/lib/inat.c >/dev/null && \
 	diff arch/x86/insn/x86-opcode-map.txt ../../arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt >/dev/null && \