1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a86ac8c4798e..12ab17511308 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -884,11 +884,9 @@ $(vmlinux-dirs): prepare scripts
         $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$@
 
 # Store (new) KERNELRELASE string in include/config/kernel.release
-localversion = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) \
-               $(srctree)/scripts/setlocalversion $(srctree))
 include/config/kernel.release: include/config/auto.conf FORCE
         $(Q)rm -f $@
-        $(Q)echo $(KERNELVERSION)$(localversion) > $@
+        $(Q)echo "$(KERNELVERSION)$$($(CONFIG_SHELL) scripts/setlocalversion $(srctree))" > $@
 
 
 # Things we need to do before we recursively start building the kernel