1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index 867608ab3ca0..960f4025ee86 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ quiet_cmd_db2man = MAN     $@
         @(which xmlto > /dev/null 2>&1) || \
          (echo "*** You need to install xmlto ***"; \
           exit 1)
+        $(Q)mkdir -p $(obj)/man
         $(call cmd,db2man)
         @touch $@
 
@@ -212,11 +213,7 @@ clean-files := $(DOCBOOKS) \
         $(patsubst %.xml, %.9,    $(DOCBOOKS)) \
         $(C-procfs-example)
 
-clean-dirs := $(patsubst %.xml,%,$(DOCBOOKS))
-
-#man put files in man subdir - traverse down
-subdir- := man/
-
+clean-dirs := $(patsubst %.xml,%,$(DOCBOOKS)) man
 
 # 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.