diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index ebed6a4..8f4f5a3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 # Read .config if it exist, otherwise ignore
 -include .config
 
-include $(if $(wildcard $(obj)/Kbuild), $(obj)/Kbuild, $(obj)/Makefile)
+# The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
+include $(if $(wildcard $(srctree)/$(src)/Kbuild), \
+                        $(srctree)/$(src)/Kbuild, $(srctree)/$(src)/Makefile)
 
 include scripts/Kbuild.include
 include scripts/Makefile.lib
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clean b/scripts/Makefile.clean
index ff3e87d..9c978b7 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clean
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 .PHONY: __clean
 __clean:
 
-include $(if $(wildcard $(obj)/Kbuild), $(obj)/Kbuild, $(obj)/Makefile)
+# The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
+include $(if $(wildcard $(srctree)/$(src)/Kbuild), \
+                        $(srctree)/$(src)/Kbuild, $(srctree)/$(src)/Makefile)
 
 # Figure out what we need to build from the various variables
 # ==========================================================================