diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/Makefile
index 3fdab016aa5c..f2aa09eb658e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL),y)
 
 $(obj)/xipImage: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
-	@echo '  Kernel: $@ is ready (physical address: $(CONFIG_XIP_PHYS_ADDR))'
+	$(kecho) '  Kernel: $@ is ready (physical address: $(CONFIG_XIP_PHYS_ADDR))'
 
 $(obj)/Image $(obj)/zImage: FORCE
 	@echo 'Kernel configured for XIP (CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL=y)'
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ $(obj)/xipImage: FORCE
 
 $(obj)/Image: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
-	@echo '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
+	$(kecho) '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
 
 $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux: $(obj)/Image FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(obj)/compressed $@
 
 $(obj)/zImage:	$(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
-	@echo '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
+	$(kecho) '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
 
 endif
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ fi
 $(obj)/uImage:	$(obj)/zImage FORCE
 	@$(check_for_multiple_loadaddr)
 	$(call if_changed,uimage)
-	@echo '  Image $@ is ready'
+	$(kecho) '  Image $@ is ready'
 
 $(obj)/bootp/bootp: $(obj)/zImage initrd FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(obj)/bootp $@
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ $(obj)/bootp/bootp: $(obj)/zImage initrd FORCE
 
 $(obj)/bootpImage: $(obj)/bootp/bootp FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
-	@echo '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
+	$(kecho) '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
 
 PHONY += initrd FORCE
 initrd:
diff --git a/arch/arm/tools/Makefile b/arch/arm/tools/Makefile
index 635cb1865e4d..cd60a81163e9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/tools/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/tools/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 #
 
 include/generated/mach-types.h: $(src)/gen-mach-types $(src)/mach-types
-	@echo '  Generating $@'
+	$(kecho) '  Generating $@'
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(Q)$(AWK) -f $^ > $@ || { rm -f $@; /bin/false; }