diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 71e6ed21dd15..b3c944ef9097 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old .version .old_version             \
 #
 clean: rm-dirs  := $(CLEAN_DIRS)
 clean: rm-files := $(CLEAN_FILES)
-clean-dirs      := $(addprefix _clean_, . $(vmlinux-alldirs) Documentation)
+clean-dirs      := $(addprefix _clean_, . $(vmlinux-alldirs) Documentation samples)
 
 PHONY += $(clean-dirs) clean archclean
 $(clean-dirs):