diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 730e8d752f..127a260ee8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),)
 # check that the output directory actually exists
 saved-output := $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)
 KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell mkdir -p $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) \
-								&& /bin/pwd)
+								&& pwd)
 $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),, \
      $(error failed to create output directory "$(saved-output)"))