diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b9011c8cd9..058fb531ef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ $(obj)u-boot:	depend \
 		$(SUBDIR_TOOLS) $(OBJS) $(LIBBOARD) $(LIBS) $(LDSCRIPT) $(obj)u-boot.lds
 		$(GEN_UBOOT)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_KALLSYMS),y)
-		smap=`$(call SYSTEM_MAP,u-boot) | \
+		smap=`$(call SYSTEM_MAP,$(obj)u-boot) | \
 			awk '$$2 ~ /[tTwW]/ {printf $$1 $$3 "\\\\000"}'` ; \
 		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DSYSTEM_MAP="\"$${smap}\"" \
 			-c common/system_map.c -o $(obj)common/system_map.o