diff --git a/include/kernel.mk b/include/kernel.mk
index 6f5d3ae38..4d3795ed5 100644
--- a/include/kernel.mk
+++ b/include/kernel.mk
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ else
     PATCH_DIR ?= ./patches$(if $(wildcard ./patches-$(KERNEL_PATCHVER)),-$(KERNEL_PATCHVER))
     FILES_DIR ?= $(foreach dir,$(wildcard ./files ./files-$(KERNEL_PATCHVER)),"$(dir)")
   endif
-  KERNEL_BUILD_DIR ?= $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/linux-$(BOARD)$(if $(SUBTARGET),_$(SUBTARGET))$(if $(BUILD_SUFFIX),_$(BUILD_SUFFIX))
+  KERNEL_BUILD_DIR ?= $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/linux-$(BOARD)$(if $(SUBTARGET),_$(SUBTARGET))$(DIR_SUFFIX)$(if $(BUILD_SUFFIX),_$(BUILD_SUFFIX))
   LINUX_DIR ?= $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/linux-$(LINUX_VERSION)
 
   LINUX_VERMAGIC:=$(strip $(shell cat $(LINUX_DIR)/.vermagic 2>/dev/null))