diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
index 3fb39e0116b4c8e42d40009357ed5cf13c1f2888..80295c613e372ed17e15595339ac98fa6c9fdd62 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ executed to make module versioning work.
 		make -C $KDIR M=$PWD bar.lst
 		make -C $KDIR M=$PWD baz.o
 		make -C $KDIR M=$PWD foo.ko
-		make -C $KDIR M=$PWD /
+		make -C $KDIR M=$PWD ./
 
 
 === 3. Creating a Kbuild File for an External Module
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cacb7515a10b9cca28a98e738656c5215fabb276..8d502752944bcf01590acd8508b59c552b829a0b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1715,8 +1715,9 @@ endif
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(build-dir) $(target-dir)$(notdir $@)
 
 # Modules
-/: prepare FORCE
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=1 $(build)=$(build-dir)
+PHONY += /
+/: ./
+
 # Make sure the latest headers are built for Documentation
 Documentation/ samples/: headers_install
 %/: prepare FORCE