diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 6113c13d161b676cb1b367035bcf3c0d3d4b0428..30a5551a4dc870f44767b14663b6edd02e613998 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ ar-option = $(call try-run, $(AR) rc$(1) "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
 # Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=
 # Usage:
 # $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=dir
-build := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.build obj
+build := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.build.tmp obj
 
 ###
 # Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj=
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build.tmp
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/Makefile.build
rename to scripts/Makefile.build.tmp