diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index e5c81aa6077801900d9380e06c999631a5793536..a5c05ae95225548c20340c8dc1602b71020024b5 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ multi-objs   := $(multi-objs-y) $(multi-objs-m)
 subdir-obj-y := $(filter %/built-in.o, $(obj-y))
 
 # $(obj-dirs) is a list of directories that contain object files
-obj-dirs := $(dir $(multi-objs) $(subdir-obj-y))
+obj-dirs := $(dir $(multi-objs) $(obj-y))
 
 # Replace multi-part objects by their individual parts, look at local dir only
 real-objs-y := $(foreach m, $(filter-out $(subdir-obj-y), $(obj-y)), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))),$($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)),$(m))) $(extra-y)