diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 7740ce3b29e80360771fa3a3744cc1dd2f6fb18f..8489a3402eb8cb6fd56b5e2faa926cc0d9fa5b51 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ quiet_cmd_modpost = MODPOST $@
 		echo >&2 "WARNING: $(missing-input) is missing."; \
 		echo >&2 "         Modules may not have dependencies or modversions."; \
 		echo >&2 "         You may get many unresolved symbol warnings.";) \
-	sed 's/ko$$/o/' $(or $(modorder-if-needed), /dev/null) | $(MODPOST) $(modpost-args) $(vmlinux.o-if-present) -T -
+	sed 's/ko$$/o/' $(or $(modorder-if-needed), /dev/null) | $(MODPOST) $(modpost-args) -T - $(vmlinux.o-if-present)
 
 targets += $(output-symdump)
 $(output-symdump): $(modorder-if-needed) $(vmlinux.o-if-present) $(moudle.symvers-if-present) $(MODPOST) FORCE