diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile
index 02848146fc3ab836e47d6059d7d3956676f6fdff..2840ff483d5a204db2e5e1c183ca143295f7ab20 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile
@@ -199,8 +199,10 @@ DVB_DOCUMENTED = \
 #
 
 install_media_images = \
-	$(Q)-mkdir -p $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/media_api; \
-	cp $(OBJIMGFILES) $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR)/*.svg $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR)/v4l/*.svg $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/media_api
+	$(Q)if [ "x$(findstring media_api.xml,$(DOCBOOKS))" != "x" ]; then \
+		mkdir -p $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/media_api; \
+		cp $(OBJIMGFILES) $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR)/*.svg $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR)/v4l/*.svg $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/media_api; \
+	fi
 
 $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/%: $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR)/%.b64
 	$(Q)base64 -d $< >$@