diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index efa5d940e632..3d13d3a3edfe 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include scripts/Kbuild.include
 
 #
 
-__modules := $(sort $(shell grep -h '\.ko' /dev/null $(wildcard $(MODVERDIR)/*.mod)))
+__modules := $(sort $(shell grep -h '\.ko$$' /dev/null $(wildcard $(MODVERDIR)/*.mod)))
 modules := $(patsubst %.o,%.ko,$(wildcard $(__modules:.ko=.o)))
 
 PHONY += $(modules)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 08dce14f2dc8..a1cb0222ebe6 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ kernelsymfile := $(objtree)/Module.symvers
 modulesymfile := $(firstword $(KBUILD_EXTMOD))/Module.symvers
 
 # Step 1), find all modules listed in $(MODVERDIR)/
-__modules := $(sort $(shell grep -h '\.ko' /dev/null $(wildcard $(MODVERDIR)/*.mod)))
+__modules := $(sort $(shell grep -h '\.ko$$' /dev/null $(wildcard $(MODVERDIR)/*.mod)))
 modules   := $(patsubst %.o,%.ko, $(wildcard $(__modules:.ko=.o)))
 
 # Stop after building .o files if NOFINAL is set. Makes compile tests quicker