diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index 95ec7b35e8b666d5fd7f3e09f66454054159c592..aa911b557bde0c7108a8d5049fc9c0ef116742aa 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ __modinst: $(modules)
 
 # Don't stop modules_install if we can't sign external modules.
 quiet_cmd_modules_install = INSTALL $@
-      cmd_modules_install = mkdir -p $(2); cp $@ $(2) ; $(mod_strip_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@) ; $(mod_sign_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@) $(patsubst %,|| true,$(KBUILD_EXTMOD))
+      cmd_modules_install = \
+    mkdir -p $(2) ; \
+    cp $@ $(2) ; \
+    $(mod_strip_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@) ; \
+    $(mod_sign_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@) $(patsubst %,|| true,$(KBUILD_EXTMOD))
 
 # Modules built outside the kernel source tree go into extra by default
 INSTALL_MOD_DIR ?= extra