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diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 563e3c5bd8dd..0cfbe1cf2433 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
# Step 4 is solely used to allow module versioning in external modules,
# where the CRC of each module is retrieved from the Module.symers file.
-.PHONY: _modpost
+PHONY := _modpost
_modpost: __modpost
include .config
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ quiet_cmd_modpost = MODPOST
$(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-o $(modulesymfile)) \
$(filter-out FORCE,$^)
-.PHONY: __modpost
+PHONY += __modpost
__modpost: $(wildcard vmlinux) $(modules:.ko=.o) FORCE
$(call cmd,modpost)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ targets += $(modules)
# Add FORCE to the prequisites of a target to force it to be always rebuilt.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-.PHONY: FORCE
+PHONY += FORCE
FORCE:
@@ -112,3 +112,9 @@ cmd_files := $(wildcard $(foreach f,$(targets),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
ifneq ($(cmd_files),)
include $(cmd_files)
endif
+
+
+# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony. We keep that
+# information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.
+
+.PHONY: $(PHONY)