diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 0584cbcdbd2d..fb787a5715f5 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 		".ltext", ".ltext.*"
 #define OTHER_TEXT_SECTIONS ".ref.text", ".head.text", ".spinlock.text", \
 		".fixup", ".entry.text", ".exception.text", \
-		".coldtext", ".softirqentry.text"
+		".coldtext", ".softirqentry.text", ".irqentry.text"
 
 #define ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS  ".init.text", ".exit.text", \
 		TEXT_SECTIONS, OTHER_TEXT_SECTIONS
diff --git a/scripts/package/install-extmod-build b/scripts/package/install-extmod-build
index 64d958ee45f3..d3c5b104c063 100755
--- a/scripts/package/install-extmod-build
+++ b/scripts/package/install-extmod-build
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if [ "${CC}" != "${HOSTCC}" ]; then
 	#
 	# Use the single-target build to avoid the modpost invocation, which
 	# would overwrite Module.symvers.
-	"${MAKE}" HOSTCC="${CC}" KBUILD_EXTMOD="${destdir}" scripts/
+	"${MAKE}" HOSTCC="${CC}" KBUILD_OUTPUT=. KBUILD_EXTMOD="${destdir}" scripts/
 
 	cat <<-'EOF' >  "${destdir}/scripts/Kbuild"
 	subdir-y := basic
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if [ "${CC}" != "${HOSTCC}" ]; then
 	EOF
 
 	# Run once again to rebuild scripts/basic/ and scripts/mod/modpost.
-	"${MAKE}" HOSTCC="${CC}" KBUILD_EXTMOD="${destdir}" scripts/
+	"${MAKE}" HOSTCC="${CC}" KBUILD_OUTPUT=. KBUILD_EXTMOD="${destdir}" scripts/
 
 	rm -f "${destdir}/Kbuild" "${destdir}/scripts/Kbuild"
 fi