2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 654c31aaec64..993d1f335925 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ all: modules
 #       using awk while concatenating to the final file.
 
 PHONY += modules
-modules: $(vmlinux-dirs) $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux)
+modules: $(vmlinux-dirs) $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux) modules.builtin
         $(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $(vmlinux-dirs:%=$(objtree)/%/modules.order) > $(objtree)/modules.order
         @$(kecho) '  Building modules, stage 2.';
         $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ PHONY += modules_install
 modules_install: _modinst_ _modinst_post
 
 PHONY += _modinst_
-_modinst_: modules.builtin
+_modinst_:
         @if [ -z "`$(DEPMOD) -V 2>/dev/null | grep module-init-tools`" ]; then \
                 echo "Warning: you may need to install module-init-tools"; \
                 echo "See http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt";\
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
index 102a276f6eea..1adb974e6950 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ __modbuiltin:
 
 include scripts/Kbuild.include
 
+ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
+# Create output directory if not already present
+_dummy := $(shell [ -d $(obj) ] || mkdir -p $(obj))
+endif
+
 # The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
 kbuild-dir := $(if $(filter /%,$(src)),$(src),$(srctree)/$(src))
 kbuild-file := $(if $(wildcard $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild),$(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild,$(kbuild-dir)/Makefile)