diff --git a/scripts/objdiff b/scripts/objdiff
index b3e4f10bfc3edac5a5119d31f432371f8e75feee..b8f7fc60563e9dac1092644c8cbafd7bc998c3e9 100755
--- a/scripts/objdiff
+++ b/scripts/objdiff
@@ -25,17 +25,15 @@
 #
 # Note: 'make mrproper' will also remove .tmp_objdiff
 
-GIT_DIR="`git rev-parse --git-dir`"
+SRCTREE=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)
 
-if [ -d "$GIT_DIR" ]; then
-	TMPD="${GIT_DIR%git}tmp_objdiff"
-
-	[ -d "$TMPD" ] || mkdir "$TMPD"
-else
-	echo "ERROR: git directory not found."
+if [ -z "$SRCTREE" ]; then
+	echo "ERROR: Not a git repository."
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+TMPD=$SRCTREE/.tmp_objdiff
+
 usage() {
 	echo "Usage: $0 <command> <args>"
 	echo "  record    <list of object files>"