diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index f8b45eb47ed399d629125fd0d44bee190dcce26f..15b196fc2f49b35f6663b6b359493f6a27564797 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ hdr-inst := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.headersinst obj
 # Prefix -I with $(srctree) if it is not an absolute path.
 # skip if -I has no parameter
 addtree = $(if $(patsubst -I%,%,$(1)), \
-$(if $(filter-out -I/% -I../%,$(1)),$(patsubst -I%,-I$(srctree)/%,$(1))) $(1))
+$(if $(filter-out -I/% -I./% -I../%,$(1)),$(patsubst -I%,-I$(srctree)/%,$(1)),$(1)))
 
 # Find all -I options and call addtree
 flags = $(foreach o,$($(1)),$(if $(filter -I%,$(o)),$(call addtree,$(o)),$(o)))
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index e7df0f5db7ec273f45b755668815ce96ba1ffe46..e89c214745eb78cd9da975145acbab48e3073029 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -155,9 +155,10 @@ else
 # $(call addtree,-I$(obj)) locates .h files in srctree, from generated .c files
 #   and locates generated .h files
 # FIXME: Replace both with specific CFLAGS* statements in the makefiles
-__c_flags	= $(call addtree,-I$(obj)) $(call flags,_c_flags)
-__a_flags	=                          $(call flags,_a_flags)
-__cpp_flags     =                          $(call flags,_cpp_flags)
+__c_flags	= $(if $(obj),-I$(srctree)/$(src) -I$(obj)) \
+		  $(call flags,_c_flags)
+__a_flags	= $(call flags,_a_flags)
+__cpp_flags     = $(call flags,_cpp_flags)
 endif
 
 c_flags        = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \