diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/Makefile b/arch/sh/boot/Makefile
index 11dc272c618ef0f559fd12568a893047179f0cf1..4c5ffdcd55b675aead50a32aaffe86c095ce8456 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/Makefile
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ $(obj)/zImage: $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE
 $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux: FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(obj)/compressed $@
 
-KERNEL_LOAD	:= $(shell printf "0x%8x" $$[$(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET)  + \
-					     $(CONFIG_MEMORY_START) + \
-					     $(CONFIG_ZERO_PAGE_OFFSET)+0x1000])
+KERNEL_LOAD	:= $(shell /bin/bash -c 'printf "0x%8x" \
+		     $$[$(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET)  + \
+			$(CONFIG_MEMORY_START) + \
+			$(CONFIG_ZERO_PAGE_OFFSET)+0x1000]')
 
 quiet_cmd_uimage = UIMAGE  $@
       cmd_uimage = $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(MKIMAGE) -A sh -O linux -T kernel \
diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile
index d9512416f88500847acff0eae59a90a8c3a092e1..013504ae112295c8aea032df4eb962cbd84aa7d6 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ endif
 #
 # IMAGE_OFFSET is the load offset of the compression loader
 #
-IMAGE_OFFSET	:= $(shell printf "0x%08x" $$[$(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET)  + \
-					      $(CONFIG_MEMORY_START) + \
-					      $(CONFIG_BOOT_LINK_OFFSET)])
+IMAGE_OFFSET	:= $(shell /bin/bash -c 'printf "0x%08x" \
+		     $$[$(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET)  + \
+			$(CONFIG_MEMORY_START) + \
+			$(CONFIG_BOOT_LINK_OFFSET)]')
 
 LIBGCC	:= $(shell $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name)