1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f52fda4ad0e..55de9f5d38cb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ endif
 
 ifneq ($(findstring s,$(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))),)
   quiet=silent_
-  tools_silent=s
 endif
 
 export quiet Q KBUILD_VERBOSE
@@ -1674,6 +1673,11 @@ image_name:
 	@echo $(KBUILD_IMAGE)
 
 # Clear a bunch of variables before executing the submake
+
+ifeq ($(quiet),silent_)
+tools_silent=s
+endif
+
 tools/: FORCE
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(objtree)/tools
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) LDFLAGS= MAKEFLAGS="$(tools_silent) $(filter --j% -j,$(MAKEFLAGS))" O=$(abspath $(objtree)) subdir=tools -C $(src)/tools/