diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a92d7b8e14..0496c5057a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ git-submodule-update:
 
 .PHONY: git-submodule-update
 
-ifeq (0,$(MAKELEVEL))
-  git_module_status := $(shell \
-    cd '$(SRC_PATH)' && \
-    GIT="$(GIT)" ./scripts/git-submodule.sh status $(GIT_SUBMODULES); \
-    echo $$?; \
-  )
+git_module_status := $(shell \
+  cd '$(SRC_PATH)' && \
+  GIT="$(GIT)" ./scripts/git-submodule.sh status $(GIT_SUBMODULES); \
+  echo $$?; \
+)
 
 ifeq (1,$(git_module_status))
 ifeq (no,$(GIT_UPDATE))
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ git-submodule-update:
           "GIT","$(GIT_SUBMODULES)")
 endif
 endif
-endif
 
 .git-submodule-status: git-submodule-update config-host.mak