diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index 1eac3287ab..51fd41fa15 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -439,12 +439,16 @@ endif
 endif
 
 # Compilation. We make sure the kernel gets rebuilt when the
-# configuration has changed.
+# configuration has changed. We call the 'all' and
+# '$(LINUX_TARGET_NAME)' targets separately because calling them in
+# the same $(MAKE) invocation has shown to cause parallel build
+# issues.
 define LINUX_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(foreach dts,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_DTS_PATH)), \
 		cp -f $(dts) $(LINUX_ARCH_PATH)/boot/dts/
 	)
-	$(LINUX_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS) -C $(@D) all $(LINUX_TARGET_NAME)
+	$(LINUX_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS) -C $(@D) all
+	$(LINUX_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS) -C $(@D) $(LINUX_TARGET_NAME)
 	$(LINUX_BUILD_DTB)
 	$(LINUX_APPEND_DTB)
 endef