diff --git a/arch/mips/pnx833x/Platform b/arch/mips/pnx833x/Platform
index 794526caab12..6b1a847d593f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pnx833x/Platform
+++ b/arch/mips/pnx833x/Platform
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # NXP STB225
 platform-$(CONFIG_SOC_PNX833X)	+= pnx833x/
-cflags-$(CONFIG_SOC_PNX833X)	+= -Iarch/mips/include/asm/mach-pnx833x
+cflags-$(CONFIG_SOC_PNX833X)	+= -I $(srctree)/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-pnx833x
 load-$(CONFIG_NXP_STB220)	+= 0xffffffff80001000
 load-$(CONFIG_NXP_STB225)	+= 0xffffffff80001000
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 258ea6b2f2e7..c345b79414a9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ endif
 
 asinstr := $(call as-instr,lis 9$(comma)foo@high,-DHAVE_AS_ATHIGH=1)
 
-KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	+= -Iarch/$(ARCH) $(asinstr)
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	+= -I $(srctree)/arch/$(ARCH) $(asinstr)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(AFLAGS-y)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-msoft-float)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -pipe $(CFLAGS-y)
diff --git a/arch/sh/Makefile b/arch/sh/Makefile
index 4009bef62fe9..b4a86f27e048 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/Makefile
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ cpuincdir-y			+= cpu-common	# Must be last
 drivers-y			+= arch/sh/drivers/
 drivers-$(CONFIG_OPROFILE)	+= arch/sh/oprofile/
 
-cflags-y	+= $(foreach d, $(cpuincdir-y), -Iarch/sh/include/$(d)) \
-		   $(foreach d, $(machdir-y), -Iarch/sh/include/$(d))
+cflags-y	+= $(foreach d, $(cpuincdir-y), -I $(srctree)/arch/sh/include/$(d)) \
+		   $(foreach d, $(machdir-y), -I $(srctree)/arch/sh/include/$(d))
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= -pipe $(cflags-y)
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS		+= $(cflags-y)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index 00b7e27bc2b7..ce1b5cc360a2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ endif
 # non-deterministic coverage.
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT		:= n
 
-CFLAGS_irq.o := -I$(src)/../include/asm/trace
+CFLAGS_irq.o := -I $(srctree)/$(src)/../include/asm/trace
 
 obj-y			:= process_$(BITS).o signal.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT)	+= signal_compat.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
index 4b101dd6e52f..84373dc9b341 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CFLAGS_physaddr.o		:= $(nostackp)
 CFLAGS_setup_nx.o		:= $(nostackp)
 CFLAGS_mem_encrypt_identity.o	:= $(nostackp)
 
-CFLAGS_fault.o := -I$(src)/../include/asm/trace
+CFLAGS_fault.o := -I $(srctree)/$(src)/../include/asm/trace
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_PAT)		+= pat_rbtree.o
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/boot/lib/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/boot/lib/Makefile
index 355127faade1..e3d717c7bfa1 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/boot/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/boot/lib/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ zlib	:= inffast.c inflate.c inftrees.c
 
 lib-y	+= $(zlib:.c=.o) zmem.o
 
-ccflags-y	:= -Ilib/zlib_inflate
+ccflags-y	:= -I $(srctree)/lib/zlib_inflate
 ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_inflate.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_zmem.o = -pg
diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/Makefile b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/Makefile
index 2de97e4b7740..f0a82b1c7cb9 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/Makefile
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ intel-ishtp-hid-objs += ishtp-hid-client.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_ISH_FIRMWARE_DOWNLOADER) += intel-ishtp-loader.o
 intel-ishtp-loader-objs += ishtp-fw-loader.o
 
-ccflags-y += -Idrivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp
+ccflags-y += -I $(srctree)/$(src)/ishtp
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb/Makefile
index 2534e30a1560..441913b5221e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ccflags-y := -Idrivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4
+ccflags-y := -I $(srctree)/$(src)/../cxgb4
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_CHELSIO_LIB) += libcxgb.o
 
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/cxgbit/Makefile b/drivers/target/iscsi/cxgbit/Makefile
index d16aaae7ba2a..0dcaf2006f78 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/cxgbit/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/cxgbit/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-ccflags-y := -Idrivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4
-ccflags-y += -Idrivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb
-ccflags-y += -Idrivers/target/iscsi
+ccflags-y := -I $(srctree)/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4
+ccflags-y += -I $(srctree)/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb
+ccflags-y += -I $(srctree)/drivers/target/iscsi
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ISCSI_TARGET_CXGB4)  += cxgbit.o
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/Makefile b/drivers/usb/storage/Makefile
index c5126a4cd954..a67ddcbb4e24 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Rewritten to use lists instead of if-statements.
 #
 
-ccflags-y := -Idrivers/scsi
+ccflags-y := -I $(srctree)/drivers/scsi
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_UAS)		+= uas.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_STORAGE)	+= usb-storage.o
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/Makefile b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/Makefile
index ef2854422a6e..3d4041f0431e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-ccflags-y := -I$(src)/..
+ccflags-y := -I $(srctree)/$(src)/..
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_OCFS2_FS_O2CB) += ocfs2_dlm.o
 
 ocfs2_dlm-objs := dlmdomain.o dlmdebug.o dlmthread.o dlmrecovery.o \
 	dlmmaster.o dlmast.o dlmconvert.o dlmlock.o dlmunlock.o
-
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/Makefile b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/Makefile
index 33431a0296a3..0a0b93d940fe 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ccflags-y := -I$(src)/..
+ccflags-y := -I $(srctree)/$(src)/..
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_OCFS2_FS) += ocfs2_dlmfs.o
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/Makefile b/fs/xfs/Makefile
index 1dfc6df2e2bd..91831975363b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/xfs/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #
 
-ccflags-y += -I$(src)			# needed for trace events
-ccflags-y += -I$(src)/libxfs
+ccflags-y += -I $(srctree)/$(src)		# needed for trace events
+ccflags-y += -I $(srctree)/$(src)/libxfs
 
 ccflags-$(CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG) += -g
 
diff --git a/net/bpfilter/Makefile b/net/bpfilter/Makefile
index 854395fb98cd..aa945ab5b655 100644
--- a/net/bpfilter/Makefile
+++ b/net/bpfilter/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 hostprogs-y := bpfilter_umh
 bpfilter_umh-objs := main.o
-KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS += -Itools/include/ -Itools/include/uapi
+KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS += -I $(srctree)/tools/include/ -I $(srctree)/tools/include/uapi
 HOSTCC := $(CC)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BPFILTER_UMH), y)
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/Makefile b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
index 5f227d8d39d8..82160808765c 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dtc-objs	:= dtc.o flattree.o fstree.o data.o livetree.o treesource.o \
 dtc-objs	+= dtc-lexer.lex.o dtc-parser.tab.o
 
 # Source files need to get at the userspace version of libfdt_env.h to compile
-HOST_EXTRACFLAGS := -I$(src)/libfdt
+HOST_EXTRACFLAGS := -I $(srctree)/$(src)/libfdt
 
 ifeq ($(wildcard /usr/include/yaml.h),)
 ifneq ($(CHECK_DTBS),)
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ HOSTLDLIBS_dtc	:= -lyaml
 endif
 
 # Generated files need one more search path to include headers in source tree
-HOSTCFLAGS_dtc-lexer.lex.o := -I$(src)
-HOSTCFLAGS_dtc-parser.tab.o := -I$(src)
+HOSTCFLAGS_dtc-lexer.lex.o := -I $(srctree)/$(src)
+HOSTCFLAGS_dtc-parser.tab.o := -I $(srctree)/$(src)
 
 # dependencies on generated files need to be listed explicitly
 $(obj)/dtc-lexer.lex.o: $(obj)/dtc-parser.tab.h
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/Makefile b/scripts/genksyms/Makefile
index 03b7ce97de14..66c314bc5933 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/Makefile
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ $(obj)/parse.tab.h: $(src)/parse.y FORCE
 endif
 
 # -I needed for generated C source (shipped source)
-HOSTCFLAGS_parse.tab.o := -I$(src)
-HOSTCFLAGS_lex.lex.o := -I$(src)
+HOSTCFLAGS_parse.tab.o := -I $(srctree)/$(src)
+HOSTCFLAGS_lex.lex.o := -I $(srctree)/$(src)
 
 # dependencies on generated files need to be listed explicitly
 $(obj)/lex.lex.o: $(obj)/parse.tab.h
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 7c5dc31c1d95..5e0cd86cb4a7 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ common-objs	:= confdata.o expr.o lexer.lex.o parser.tab.o preprocess.o \
 		   symbol.o
 
 $(obj)/lexer.lex.o: $(obj)/parser.tab.h
-HOSTCFLAGS_lexer.lex.o	:= -I$(src)
-HOSTCFLAGS_parser.tab.o	:= -I$(src)
+HOSTCFLAGS_lexer.lex.o	:= -I $(srctree)/$(src)
+HOSTCFLAGS_parser.tab.o	:= -I $(srctree)/$(src)
 
 # conf: Used for defconfig, oldconfig and related targets
 hostprogs-y	+= conf
