1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index e63af4e..f171225 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -65,15 +65,6 @@ ifneq ($(hostprogs-y)$(hostprogs-m)$(hostlibs-y)$(hostlibs-m)$(hostcxxlibs-y)$(h
 include scripts/Makefile.host
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
-# Create output directory if not already present
-_dummy := $(shell [ -d $(obj) ] || mkdir -p $(obj))
-
-# Create directories for object files if directory does not exist
-# Needed when obj-y := dir/file.o syntax is used
-_dummy := $(foreach d,$(obj-dirs), $(shell [ -d $(d) ] || mkdir -p $(d)))
-endif
-
 ifndef obj
 $(warning kbuild: Makefile.build is included improperly)
 endif
@@ -563,7 +554,7 @@ $(multi-used-m): FORCE
 $(call multi_depend, $(multi-used-m), .o, -objs -y -m)
 
 targets += $(multi-used-y) $(multi-used-m)
-
+targets := $(filter-out $(PHONY), $(targets))
 
 # Descending
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -584,13 +575,23 @@ FORCE:
 # optimization, we don't need to read them if the target does not
 # exist, we will rebuild anyway in that case.
 
-targets := $(wildcard $(sort $(targets)))
-cmd_files := $(wildcard $(foreach f,$(targets),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
+cmd_files := $(wildcard $(foreach f,$(sort $(targets)),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
 
 ifneq ($(cmd_files),)
   include $(cmd_files)
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
+# Create directories for object files if they do not exist
+obj-dirs := $(sort $(obj) $(patsubst %/,%, $(dir $(targets))))
+# If cmd_files exist, their directories apparently exist.  Skip mkdir.
+exist-dirs := $(sort $(patsubst %/,%, $(dir $(cmd_files))))
+obj-dirs := $(strip $(filter-out $(exist-dirs), $(obj-dirs)))
+ifneq ($(obj-dirs),)
+$(shell mkdir -p $(obj-dirs))
+endif
+endif
+
 # Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
 # information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.