diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 13a687a326d0..ff6d1d87314b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0359de7dd501f694f01b61364c9b633eab41f494
+refs/heads/master: 5f7efb4c6da9f90cb306923ced2a6494d065a595
diff --git a/trunk/Kbuild b/trunk/Kbuild
index 2114113ceca2..4caab4f6cba7 100644
--- a/trunk/Kbuild
+++ b/trunk/Kbuild
@@ -88,11 +88,13 @@ $(obj)/$(offsets-file): arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/asm-offsets.s Kbuild
 # 3) Check for missing system calls
 #
 
+always += missing-syscalls
+targets += missing-syscalls
+
 quiet_cmd_syscalls = CALL    $<
       cmd_syscalls = $(CONFIG_SHELL) $< $(CC) $(c_flags)
 
-PHONY += missing-syscalls
-missing-syscalls: scripts/checksyscalls.sh FORCE
+missing-syscalls: scripts/checksyscalls.sh $(offsets-file) FORCE
 	$(call cmd,syscalls)
 
 # Keep these two files during make clean
diff --git a/trunk/Makefile b/trunk/Makefile
index ab38311014e6..2e78b0800334 100644
--- a/trunk/Makefile
+++ b/trunk/Makefile
@@ -983,7 +983,6 @@ archprepare: prepare1 scripts_basic
 
 prepare0: archprepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=.
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=. missing-syscalls
 
 # All the preparing..
 prepare: prepare0