diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 0d434d0afc0b..3fe0c73e002c 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -487,7 +487,8 @@ targets += $(call intermediate_targets, .asn1.o, .asn1.c .asn1.h) \
 
 PHONY += $(subdir-ym)
 $(subdir-ym):
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$@ need-builtin=$(if $(findstring $@,$(subdir-obj-y)),1)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$@ \
+	need-builtin=$(if $(filter $@/built-in.a, $(subdir-obj-y)),1)
 
 # Add FORCE to the prequisites of a target to force it to be always rebuilt.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------