diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 5eb5e8280379..0ee296cf520c 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ ifneq ($(findstring i,$(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))),)
 modpost-args += -n
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN)$(missing-input),)
+modpost-args += -w
+endif
+
+# Read out modules.order to pass in modpost.
+# Otherwise, allmodconfig would fail with "Argument list too long".
+ifdef KBUILD_MODULES
+modpost-args += -T $(MODORDER)
+modpost-deps += $(MODORDER)
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 
 # Generate the list of in-tree objects in vmlinux
@@ -113,17 +124,6 @@ modpost-args += -e $(addprefix -i , $(KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS))
 
 endif # ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 
-ifneq ($(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN)$(missing-input),)
-modpost-args += -w
-endif
-
-ifdef KBUILD_MODULES
-modpost-args += -T $(MODORDER)
-modpost-deps += $(MODORDER)
-endif
-
-# Read out modules.order to pass in modpost.
-# Otherwise, allmodconfig would fail with "Argument list too long".
 quiet_cmd_modpost = MODPOST $@
       cmd_modpost = \
 	$(if $(missing-input), \