diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 9f69ecdd7977a3ae1f8649758b74ad3559694e78..d56cda3c1e8a592e5d30c00cd397f64832a57b0d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ endif
 define multi_depend
 $(foreach m, $(notdir $1), \
 	$(eval $(obj)/$m: \
-	$(addprefix $(obj)/, $(foreach s, $3, $($(m:%$(strip $2)=%$(s)))))))
+	$(addprefix $(obj)/, $(call suffix-search, $m, $2, $3))))
 endef
 
 # Copy a file