diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 952fff485546..2dde6e5e9e69 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ obj := $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)
 src := $(obj)
 
 # Include the module's Makefile to find KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS
-include $(if $(wildcard $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Kbuild), \
-             $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Kbuild, $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Makefile)
+include $(if $(wildcard $(src)/Kbuild), $(src)/Kbuild, $(src)/Makefile)
 endif
 
 MODPOST += $(subst -i,-n,$(filter -i,$(MAKEFLAGS))) -s -T - $(wildcard vmlinux)