diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 70c414b15859..f75a93fa9975 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -456,10 +456,11 @@ ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
 endif
 
 # Support for using generic headers in asm-generic
-PHONY += asm-generic
-asm-generic:
+PHONY += asm-generic uapi-asm-generic
+asm-generic: uapi-asm-generic
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic \
 	            src=asm obj=arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated/asm
+uapi-asm-generic:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic \
 	            src=uapi/asm obj=arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated/uapi/asm
 
@@ -1143,7 +1144,7 @@ PHONY += archscripts
 archscripts:
 
 PHONY += __headers
-__headers: $(version_h) scripts_basic asm-generic archheaders archscripts
+__headers: $(version_h) scripts_basic uapi-asm-generic archheaders archscripts
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts build_unifdef
 
 PHONY += headers_install_all