diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b21de15c82e..9b6610e005aa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ tags TAGS cscope gtags: FORCE
 PHONY += includecheck versioncheck coccicheck namespacecheck export_report
 
 includecheck:
-	find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
+	find $(srctree)/* $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
 		-name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \
 		| xargs $(PERL) -w $(srctree)/scripts/checkincludes.pl