diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e40c471abe29..57df7569c1bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  make V=0|1 [targets] 0 => quiet build (default), 1 => verbose build'
 	@echo  '  make V=2   [targets] 2 => give reason for rebuild of target'
 	@echo  '  make O=dir [targets] Locate all output files in "dir", including .config'
-	@echo  '  make C=1   [targets] Check all c source with $$CHECK (sparse by default)'
+	@echo  '  make C=1   [targets] Check re-compiled c source with $$CHECK (sparse by default)'
 	@echo  '  make C=2   [targets] Force check of all c source with $$CHECK'
 	@echo  '  make RECORDMCOUNT_WARN=1 [targets] Warn about ignored mcount sections'
 	@echo  '  make W=n   [targets] Enable extra gcc checks, n=1,2,3 where'
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.headersinst b/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
index ce753a408c56..c583a1e1bd3c 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ __headers:
 include scripts/Kbuild.include
 
 srcdir        := $(srctree)/$(obj)
-subdirs       := $(patsubst $(srcdir)/%/.,%,$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*/.))
+
+# When make is run under a fakechroot environment, the function
+# $(wildcard $(srcdir)/*/.) doesn't only return directories, but also regular
+# files. So, we are using a combination of sort/dir/wildcard which works
+# with fakechroot.
+subdirs       := $(patsubst $(srcdir)/%/,%,\
+		 $(filter-out $(srcdir)/,\
+		 $(sort $(dir $(wildcard $(srcdir)/*/)))))
+
 # caller may set destination dir (when installing to asm/)
 _dst          := $(if $(dst),$(dst),$(obj))
 
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.h b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.h
index 3bffdcaaa274..b724a0290c75 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.h
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct string_list *copy_list_range(struct string_list *start,
 int yylex(void);
 int yyparse(void);
 
-void error_with_pos(const char *, ...);
+void error_with_pos(const char *, ...) __attribute__ ((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 #define xmalloc(size) ({ void *__ptr = malloc(size);		\
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 90a091b6ae4d..eb8144643b78 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ clean-files     += config.pot linux.pot
 
 # Check that we have the required ncurses stuff installed for lxdialog (menuconfig)
 PHONY += $(obj)/dochecklxdialog
-$(addprefix $(obj)/,$(lxdialog)): $(obj)/dochecklxdialog
+$(addprefix $(obj)/, mconf.o $(lxdialog)): $(obj)/dochecklxdialog
 $(obj)/dochecklxdialog:
 	$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(check-lxdialog) -check $(HOSTCC) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS) $(HOSTLOADLIBES_mconf)
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
index a9bc5334a478..003114779815 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static struct mitem k_menu_items[MAX_MENU_ITEMS];
 static int items_num;
 static int global_exit;
 /* the currently selected button */
-const char *current_instructions = menu_instructions;
+static const char *current_instructions = menu_instructions;
 
 static char *dialog_input_result;
 static int dialog_input_result_len;
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ struct function_keys {
 };
 
 static const int function_keys_num = 9;
-struct function_keys function_keys[] = {
+static struct function_keys function_keys[] = {
 	{
 		.key_str = "F1",
 		.func = "Help",
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ static int get_mext_match(const char *match_str, match_f flag)
 	index = (index + items_num) % items_num;
 	while (true) {
 		char *str = k_menu_items[index].str;
-		if (strcasestr(str, match_str) != 0)
+		if (strcasestr(str, match_str) != NULL)
 			return index;
 		if (flag == FIND_NEXT_MATCH_UP ||
 		    flag == MATCH_TINKER_PATTERN_UP)
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ static int do_match(int key, struct match_state *state, int *ans)
 
 static void conf(struct menu *menu)
 {
-	struct menu *submenu = 0;
+	struct menu *submenu = NULL;
 	const char *prompt = menu_get_prompt(menu);
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	int res;
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ static void show_help(struct menu *menu)
 static void conf_choice(struct menu *menu)
 {
 	const char *prompt = _(menu_get_prompt(menu));
-	struct menu *child = 0;
+	struct menu *child = NULL;
 	struct symbol *active;
 	int selected_index = 0;
 	int last_top_row = 0;
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ static void conf_save(void)
 	}
 }
 
-void setup_windows(void)
+static void setup_windows(void)
 {
 	int lines, columns;
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c
index 4b2f44c20caf..a64b1c31253e 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static void no_colors_theme(void)
 	mkattrn(FUNCTION_TEXT, A_REVERSE);
 }
 
-void set_colors()
+void set_colors(void)
 {
 	start_color();
 	use_default_colors();
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ const char *get_line(const char *text, int line_no)
 	int lines = 0;
 
 	if (!text)
-		return 0;
+		return NULL;
 
 	for (i = 0; text[i] != '\0' && lines < line_no; i++)
 		if (text[i] == '\n')
diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
index d661f2f3ef61..d23dcbf17457 100755
--- a/scripts/tags.sh
+++ b/scripts/tags.sh
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ all_compiled_sources()
 		case "$i" in
 			*.[cS])
 				j=${i/\.[cS]/\.o}
+				j="${j#$tree}"
 				if [ -e $j ]; then
 					echo $i
 				fi