diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 59620b1554e0..b0d067be7390 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ cc-ifversion = $(shell if [ $(call cc-version, $(CC)) $(1) $(2) ]; then \
 # $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=dir
 build := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.build obj
 
+# Prefix -I with $(srctree) if it is not an absolute path
+addtree = $(if $(filter-out -I/%,$(1)),$(patsubst -I%,-I$(srctree)/%,$(1))) $(1)
+# Find all -I options and call addtree
+flags = $(foreach o,$($(1)),$(if $(filter -I%,$(o)),$(call addtree,$(o)),$(o)))
+
 # If quiet is set, only print short version of command
 cmd = @$(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1))
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 550798f57da5..2cb4935e85d1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -99,11 +99,6 @@ __a_flags	= $(_a_flags)
 __cpp_flags     = $(_cpp_flags)
 else
 
-# Prefix -I with $(srctree) if it is not an absolute path
-addtree = $(if $(filter-out -I/%,$(1)),$(patsubst -I%,-I$(srctree)/%,$(1))) $(1)
-# Find all -I options and call addtree
-flags = $(foreach o,$($(1)),$(if $(filter -I%,$(o)),$(call addtree,$(o)),$(o)))
-
 # -I$(obj) locates generated .h files
 # $(call addtree,-I$(obj)) locates .h files in srctree, from generated .c files
 #   and locates generated .h files