diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 0f24f347ead5..82997185b94a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ objtool_args =								\
 define multi_depend
 $(foreach m, $(notdir $1), \
 	$(eval $(obj)/$m: \
-	$(addprefix $(obj)/, $(foreach s, $3, $($(m:%$(strip $2)=%$(s)))))))
+	$(addprefix $(obj)/, $(call suffix-search, $m, $2, $3))))
 endef
 
 quiet_cmd_copy = COPY    $@