diff --git a/tools/lib/lockdep/Makefile b/tools/lib/lockdep/Makefile
index e8dd7497f57ad40227ef9b55eb887661ada05eb7..07b0b7542511e9912e830b11885e1212bbf63a76 100644
--- a/tools/lib/lockdep/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/lockdep/Makefile
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ endif # BUILD_SRC
 # We process the rest of the Makefile if this is the final invocation of make
 ifeq ($(skip-makefile),)
 
-srctree		:= $(if $(BUILD_SRC),$(BUILD_SRC),$(CURDIR))
-objtree		:= $(CURDIR)
+srctree		:= $(realpath $(if $(BUILD_SRC),$(BUILD_SRC),$(CURDIR)))
+objtree		:= $(realpath $(CURDIR))
 src		:= $(srctree)
 obj		:= $(objtree)