1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9eea3c0424db..edc1269ee24c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ $(filter-out _all sub-make $(CURDIR)/Makefile, $(MAKECMDGOALS)) _all: sub-make
         @:
 
 sub-make: FORCE
-        $(if $(KBUILD_VERBOSE:1=),@)$(MAKE) -C $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) \
-        KBUILD_SRC=$(CURDIR) \
+        $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) KBUILD_SRC=$(CURDIR) \
         KBUILD_EXTMOD="$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)" -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile \
         $(filter-out _all sub-make,$(MAKECMDGOALS))