diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/Makefile
index 67ef4cd..98fac848 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Makefile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
 archinc		:= include/asm-xtensa
 
-prepare: $(archinc)/.platform
+archprepare: $(archinc)/.platform
 
 # Update machine cpu and platform symlinks if something which affects
 # them changed.