diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index c45ae13b88a0a5bb7b6c8b431d433cf40e2b0d5b..c5bcdb3d4b121287c6967e862146bf52cf40ac23 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ $(OUTPUT)/runqslower: $(BPFOBJ) | $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL)
 		    cp $(SCRATCH_DIR)/runqslower $@
 
 $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED): $(OUTPUT)/test_stub.o $(BPFOBJ)
-$(TEST_GEN_FILES): docs
 
 $(OUTPUT)/test_dev_cgroup: cgroup_helpers.c
 $(OUTPUT)/test_skb_cgroup_id_user: cgroup_helpers.c
@@ -210,6 +209,8 @@ $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL): $(wildcard $(BPFTOOLDIR)/*.[ch] $(BPFTOOLDIR)/Makefile)    \
 		    OUTPUT=$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/			       \
 		    prefix= DESTDIR=$(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR)/ install
 
+all: docs
+
 docs:
 	$(Q)RST2MAN_OPTS="--exit-status=1" $(MAKE) $(submake_extras)	\
 	            -f Makefile.docs					\