diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
index c675eece389a41c036c4ff2e1aeaf89509368a1f..adce180f3ee4264cabfdf85e7032f7c661b6a4c0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -133,4 +133,8 @@ vmlinuz.srec: vmlinuz
 uzImage.bin: vmlinuz.bin FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,uimage,none)
 
-clean-files := $(objtree)/vmlinuz $(objtree)/vmlinuz.{32,ecoff,bin,srec}
+clean-files += $(objtree)/vmlinuz
+clean-files += $(objtree)/vmlinuz.32
+clean-files += $(objtree)/vmlinuz.ecoff
+clean-files += $(objtree)/vmlinuz.bin
+clean-files += $(objtree)/vmlinuz.srec