diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clean b/scripts/Makefile.clean
index 686cb0d31c7..edc3e2d729e 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clean
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ clean := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.clean obj
 
 # The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
 kbuild-dir := $(if $(filter /%,$(src)),$(src),$(srctree)/$(src))
-include $(if $(wildcard $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild), $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild, $(kbuild-dir)/Makefile)
+-include $(if $(wildcard $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild), $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild, $(kbuild-dir)/Makefile)
 
 # Figure out what we need to build from the various variables
 # ==========================================================================