diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b74a6e9cefc8..396cd5e525d1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1329,8 +1329,8 @@ _modinst_:
 		rm -f $(MODLIB)/build ; \
 		ln -s $(CURDIR) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
 	fi
-	@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.order $(MODLIB)/
-	@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.builtin $(MODLIB)/
+	@sed 's:^:kernel/:' modules.order > $(MODLIB)/modules.order
+	@sed 's:^:kernel/:' modules.builtin > $(MODLIB)/modules.builtin
 	@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.builtin.modinfo $(MODLIB)/
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 631bb89524de..10e92a27ec20 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ endif # builtin-target
 modorder-cmds =						\
 	$(foreach m, $(modorder),			\
 		$(if $(filter %/modules.order, $m),	\
-			cat $m;, echo kernel/$m;))
+			cat $m;, echo $m;))
 
 $(modorder-target): $(subdir-ym) FORCE
 	$(Q)(cat /dev/null; $(modorder-cmds)) > $@
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
index 50a9990760f3..7d4711b88656 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ __modbuiltin: $(modbuiltin-target) $(subdir-ym)
 	@:
 
 $(modbuiltin-target): $(subdir-ym) FORCE
-	$(Q)(for m in $(modbuiltin-mods); do echo kernel/$$m; done;	\
+	$(Q)(for m in $(modbuiltin-mods); do echo $$m; done;	\
 	cat /dev/null $(modbuiltin-subdirs)) > $@
 
 PHONY += FORCE
diff --git a/scripts/modules-check.sh b/scripts/modules-check.sh
index 39e8cb36ba19..f51f446707b8 100755
--- a/scripts/modules-check.sh
+++ b/scripts/modules-check.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ check_same_name_modules()
 	for m in $(sed 's:.*/::' modules.order | sort | uniq -d)
 	do
 		echo "warning: same module names found:" >&2
-		sed -n "/\/$m/s:^kernel/:  :p" modules.order >&2
+		sed -n "/\/$m/s:^:  :p" modules.order >&2
 	done
 }