diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/Makefile b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/Makefile
index 6f6a83565c0d..14ba1cca87f4 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/Makefile
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ hostprogs += makemapdata
 makemapdata-objs := makemapdata.o
 
 quiet_cmd_mkmap = MKMAP   $@
-      cmd_mkmap = TOPDIR=$(srctree) \
-		  SPKDIR=$(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(srctree)/drivers/accessibility/speakup) \
-		  $(obj)/makemapdata > $@
+      cmd_mkmap = TOPDIR=$(srctree) SPKDIR=$(src) $(obj)/makemapdata > $@
 
 $(obj)/mapdata.h: $(obj)/makemapdata
 	$(call cmd,mkmap)