diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bcbfd561b9..9b358c3b7a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ ifeq ($(FORCE),)
 endif
 
 tmp/.pkginfo: FORCE
+	@mkdir -p tmp/info
 	@$(NO_TRACE_MAKE) -s -f include/scan.mk SCAN_TARGET="pkginfo" SCAN_DIR="package" SCAN_NAME="package" SCAN_DEPS="$(shell ls include/package*.mk) include/kernel.mk" SCAN_EXTRA=""
 
 tmp/.targetinfo: FORCE
+	@mkdir -p tmp/info
 	@$(NO_TRACE_MAKE) -s -f include/scan.mk SCAN_TARGET="targetinfo" SCAN_DIR="target/linux" SCAN_NAME="target" SCAN_DEPS="$(shell ls include/kernel*.mk)" SCAN_EXTRA=""
 
 tmpinfo-clean: FORCE
diff --git a/include/scan.mk b/include/scan.mk
index a7f74ecec8..3229523ea4 100644
--- a/include/scan.mk
+++ b/include/scan.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ ifneq ($(SCAN_EXTRA),)
 SCAN_STAMP=tmp/info/.scan-$(SCAN_TARGET)-$(shell ls $(SCAN_EXTRA) 2>/dev/null | (md5sum || md5) 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f1)
 $(SCAN_STAMP):
 	rm -f tmp/info/.scan-$(SCAN_TARGET)-*
-	mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
 	touch $@
 endif