diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index a508e7a..930e006 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@
 all: linux
 
 linux: vmlinux
-	ln -f $< $@
+	@echo '  SYMLINK $@'
+	$(Q)ln -f $< $@
 
 define archhelp
   echo '* linux		- Binary kernel image (./linux) - for backward'
@@ -203,8 +204,8 @@
 $(ARCH_DIR)/include/uml-config.h : include/linux/autoconf.h
 	$(call filechk,umlconfig)
 
-$(ARCH_DIR)/user-offsets.s: $(ARCH_DIR)/sys-$(SUBARCH)/user-offsets.c
-	$(CC) $(USER_CFLAGS) -S -o $@ $<
+$(ARCH_DIR)/sys-$(SUBARCH)/user-offsets.s: FORCE
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(ARCH_DIR)/sys-$(SUBARCH) $@
 
 define filechk_gen-asm-offsets
         (set -e; \
@@ -219,13 +220,11 @@
          echo ""; )
 endef
 
-$(ARCH_DIR)/include/user_constants.h: $(ARCH_DIR)/user-offsets.s
+$(ARCH_DIR)/include/user_constants.h: $(ARCH_DIR)/sys-$(SUBARCH)/user-offsets.s
 	$(call filechk,gen-asm-offsets)
 
-CLEAN_FILES += $(ARCH_DIR)/user-offsets.s
-
 $(ARCH_DIR)/include/kern_constants.h: $(objtree)/$(ARCH_DIR)/include
 	@echo '  SYMLINK $@'
-	$(Q) ln -sf ../../../include/asm-um/asm-offsets.h $@
+	$(Q)ln -sf ../../../include/asm-um/asm-offsets.h $@
 
 export SUBARCH USER_CFLAGS OS