diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/Makefile b/arch/arm64/boot/Makefile
index 1761f5972443..a5a787371117 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ EFI_ZBOOT_BFD_TARGET	:= elf64-littleaarch64
 EFI_ZBOOT_MACH_TYPE	:= ARM64
 EFI_ZBOOT_FORWARD_CFI	:= $(CONFIG_ARM64_BTI_KERNEL)
 
-EFI_ZBOOT_OBJCOPY_FLAGS	= --add-symbol zboot_code_size=0x$(shell \
+EFI_ZBOOT_OBJCOPY_FLAGS	= --add-symbol zboot_code_size=0x$$( \
 				$(NM) vmlinux|grep _kernel_codesize|cut -d' ' -f1)
 
 include $(srctree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile.zboot
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile.zboot b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile.zboot
index 2c489627a807..65ffd0b760b2 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile.zboot
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile.zboot
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 # EFI_ZBOOT_FORWARD_CFI
 
 quiet_cmd_copy_and_pad = PAD     $@
-      cmd_copy_and_pad = cp $< $@ && \
-			 truncate -s $(shell hexdump -s16 -n4 -e '"%u"' $<) $@
+      cmd_copy_and_pad = cp $< $@; \
+			 truncate -s $$(hexdump -s16 -n4 -e '"%u"' $<) $@
 
 # Pad the file to the size of the uncompressed image in memory, including BSS
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: $(obj)/$(EFI_ZBOOT_PAYLOAD) FORCE