diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
index efffc231a244..7700c0c23962 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ obj-m					+= $(arm64-obj-m)
 head-y					:= head.o
 extra-y					+= $(head-y) vmlinux.lds
 
-# Check that the vDSO symbol offsets header file is up to date and re-generate
-# it if necessary.
-$(objtree)/include/generated/vdso-offsets.h: FORCE
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(obj)/vdso $@
+# vDSO - this must be built first to generate the symbol offsets
+$(call objectify,$(arm64-obj-y)): $(obj)/vdso/vdso-offsets.h
+$(obj)/vdso/vdso-offsets.h: $(obj)/vdso
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 285433720202..b467fd0a384b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ GCOV_PROFILE := n
 ccflags-y += -Wl,-shared
 
 obj-y += vdso.o
-extra-y += vdso.lds
+extra-y += vdso.lds vdso-offsets.h
 CPPFLAGS_vdso.lds += -P -C -U$(ARCH)
 
 # Force dependency (incbin is bad)
@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ $(obj)/%.so: $(obj)/%.so.dbg FORCE
 gen-vdsosym := $(srctree)/$(src)/gen_vdso_offsets.sh
 quiet_cmd_vdsosym = VDSOSYM $@
 define cmd_vdsosym
-	$(NM) $< | $(gen-vdsosym) | LC_ALL=C sort > $@
+	$(NM) $< | $(gen-vdsosym) | LC_ALL=C sort > $@ && \
+	cp $@ include/generated/
 endef
 
-$(objtree)/include/generated/vdso-offsets.h: $(obj)/vdso.so.dbg FORCE
+$(obj)/vdso-offsets.h: $(obj)/vdso.so.dbg FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,vdsosym)
 
 # Assembly rules for the .S files