diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 6809d24f6..8cc722948 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -2712,10 +2712,10 @@ endif # BOARD_USES_FULL_RECOVERY_IMAGE
 endif # INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET
 endif # INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET
 
-$(INSTALLED_SYSTEMIMAGE_TARGET): $(BUILT_SYSTEMIMAGE) $(RECOVERY_FROM_BOOT_PATCH)
+$(INSTALLED_SYSTEMIMAGE_TARGET): $(BUILT_SYSTEMIMAGE)
 	@echo "Install system fs image: $@"
 	$(copy-file-to-target)
-	$(hide) $(call assert-max-image-size,$@ $(RECOVERY_FROM_BOOT_PATCH),$(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE))
+	$(hide) $(call assert-max-image-size,$@,$(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE))
 
 systemimage: $(INSTALLED_SYSTEMIMAGE_TARGET)
 
@@ -3080,7 +3080,7 @@ define build-vendorimage-target
       $(BUILD_IMAGE) \
           $(TARGET_OUT_VENDOR) $(vendorimage_intermediates)/vendor_image_info.txt \
           $(INSTALLED_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET) $(TARGET_OUT)
-  $(call assert-max-image-size,$(INSTALLED_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET),$(BOARD_VENDORIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE))
+  $(call assert-max-image-size,$(INSTALLED_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET) $(RECOVERY_FROM_BOOT_PATCH),$(BOARD_VENDORIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE))
 endef
 
 # We just build this directly to the install location.
@@ -3088,7 +3088,8 @@ INSTALLED_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET := $(BUILT_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET)
 $(INSTALLED_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET): \
     $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS) \
     $(INTERNAL_VENDORIMAGE_FILES) \
-    $(INSTALLED_FILES_FILE_VENDOR)
+    $(INSTALLED_FILES_FILE_VENDOR) \
+    $(RECOVERY_FROM_BOOT_PATCH)
 	$(build-vendorimage-target)
 
 .PHONY: vendorimage-nodeps vnod