1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cf007a31d575..1b487175f3bc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ endif
 ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),)
 # check that the output directory actually exists
 saved-output := $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)
-$(shell [ -d $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) ] || mkdir -p $(KBUILD_OUTPUT))
-KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(realpath $(KBUILD_OUTPUT))
+KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell mkdir -p $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) \
+								&& /bin/pwd)
 $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),, \
      $(error failed to create output directory "$(saved-output)"))