diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink b/arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink
index 3c22d64b2de974a1ee8e8894ae3fd40c1a41551d..eccfcc88afae00cca95ef578dc576c1d2e72dfa1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 PHONY := __archpost
 __archpost:
 
-include include/config/auto.conf
+-include include/config/auto.conf
 include scripts/Kbuild.include
 
 quiet_cmd_relocs_check = CHKREL  $@