diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d25c7de06d593c3b1212545b3771b7e3ba16f9da..dec0845c07afae3a1fa21aa60332466fa20e6dd0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ _all: modules
 endif
 
 srctree		:= $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(KBUILD_SRC),$(CURDIR))
-objtree		:= $(CURDIR)
+objtree		:= .
 src		:= $(srctree)
 obj		:= $(objtree)
 
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ _modinst_:
 	@ln -s $(srctree) $(MODLIB)/source
 	@if [ ! $(objtree) -ef  $(MODLIB)/build ]; then \
 		rm -f $(MODLIB)/build ; \
-		ln -s $(objtree) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
+		ln -s $(CURDIR) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
 	fi
 	@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.order $(MODLIB)/
 	@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.builtin $(MODLIB)/