diff --git a/scripts/package/Makefile b/scripts/package/Makefile
index 1b7eaea83123..006960ebbce9 100644
--- a/scripts/package/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/package/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RPM := $(shell if [ -x "/usr/bin/rpmbuild" ]; then echo rpmbuild; \
 # Remove hyphens since they have special meaning in RPM filenames
 KERNELPATH := kernel-$(subst -,_,$(KERNELRELEASE))
 MKSPEC     := $(srctree)/scripts/package/mkspec
-PREV       := set -e; cd ..;
+PREV       := set -e; cd -P ..;
 
 # rpm-pkg
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------