diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index b9a4a934ca05..adf977fd39f1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ libs-y		:= arch/arm64/lib/ $(libs-y)
 core-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
 
 # Default target when executing plain make
-KBUILD_IMAGE	:= Image.gz
+boot		:= arch/arm64/boot
+KBUILD_IMAGE	:= $(boot)/Image.gz
 KBUILD_DTBS	:= dtbs
 
-all:	$(KBUILD_IMAGE) $(KBUILD_DTBS)
+all:	Image.gz $(KBUILD_DTBS)
 
-boot := arch/arm64/boot
 
 Image: vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@