diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/Makefile
index 2728a9a9c7c5bc4f822ab6788e1f889cb39c0a51..145b5ce8eb7e660dda67f6a53aa472f74a413af0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/Makefile
@@ -128,19 +128,19 @@ quiet_cmd_cpp_its_S = ITS     $@
 			-DADDR_BITS=$(ADDR_BITS) \
 			-DADDR_CELLS=$(itb_addr_cells)
 
-$(obj)/vmlinux.its: $(srctree)/arch/mips/$(PLATFORM)/vmlinux.its.S FORCE
+$(obj)/vmlinux.its: $(srctree)/arch/mips/$(PLATFORM)/vmlinux.its.S $(VMLINUX) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cpp_its_S,none,vmlinux.bin)
 
-$(obj)/vmlinux.gz.its: $(srctree)/arch/mips/$(PLATFORM)/vmlinux.its.S FORCE
+$(obj)/vmlinux.gz.its: $(srctree)/arch/mips/$(PLATFORM)/vmlinux.its.S $(VMLINUX) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cpp_its_S,gzip,vmlinux.bin.gz)
 
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bz2.its: $(srctree)/arch/mips/$(PLATFORM)/vmlinux.its.S FORCE
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bz2.its: $(srctree)/arch/mips/$(PLATFORM)/vmlinux.its.S $(VMLINUX)  FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cpp_its_S,bzip2,vmlinux.bin.bz2)
 
-$(obj)/vmlinux.lzma.its: $(srctree)/arch/mips/$(PLATFORM)/vmlinux.its.S FORCE
+$(obj)/vmlinux.lzma.its: $(srctree)/arch/mips/$(PLATFORM)/vmlinux.its.S $(VMLINUX) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cpp_its_S,lzma,vmlinux.bin.lzma)
 
-$(obj)/vmlinux.lzo.its: $(srctree)/arch/mips/$(PLATFORM)/vmlinux.its.S FORCE
+$(obj)/vmlinux.lzo.its: $(srctree)/arch/mips/$(PLATFORM)/vmlinux.its.S $(VMLINUX) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cpp_its_S,lzo,vmlinux.bin.lzo)
 
 quiet_cmd_itb-image = ITB     $@