--- a/applets/Kbuild
+++ b/applets/Kbuild
-@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
+@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ HOSTCFLAGS_usage.o = -I$(srctree_slash)i
applets/applets.o: include/usage_compressed.h include/applet_tables.h
--applets/usage: .config $(srctree)/applets/usage_compressed
-+applets/usage: .config $(srctree)/applets/usage_compressed include/autoconf.h
+-applets/usage: .config $(srctree_slash)applets/usage_compressed
++applets/usage: .config $(srctree_slash)applets/usage_compressed include/autoconf.h
applets/applet_tables: .config
quiet_cmd_gen_usage_compressed = GEN include/usage_compressed.h
- cmd_gen_usage_compressed = $(srctree)/applets/usage_compressed include/usage_compressed.h applets
+ cmd_gen_usage_compressed = $(srctree_slash)applets/usage_compressed include/usage_compressed.h applets
--include/usage_compressed.h: applets/usage $(srctree)/applets/usage_compressed
-+include/usage_compressed.h: applets/usage $(srctree)/applets/usage_compressed include/autoconf.h
+-include/usage_compressed.h: applets/usage $(srctree_slash)applets/usage_compressed
++include/usage_compressed.h: applets/usage $(srctree_slash)applets/usage_compressed include/autoconf.h
$(call cmd,gen_usage_compressed)
quiet_cmd_gen_applet_tables = GEN include/applet_tables.h